Crowds of people watched and cheered as Sonic and Tails made their approach to the wedding.
"See Tails, I'm not the only one that they respect. Look at how many people there are to watch you get married."
"I know, I'm scared Sonic, what if something goes wrong?"
"Hey! Your bride Cosmo planned this, so nothing can go wrong."
"I know, but it's still scary."
The two continued walking until they were stopped by Amy, who was directing the people to where they were to sit.
"Oh high Tails, and Sonic. Tails, Cosmo told me to ask you if you bought a ring. So, did you? If so, please give it to me so that I may give it to the ring bearer." Amy asked as Tails gave her the ring.
"And who might that be?" Tails asked.
"I told her not to, but Cosmo demanded that it was Cream."
"Ok, I trust her decision, besides; Cream won't do anything in public."
"Very well, good luck. Now stand on the altar." Amy smiled as he left.
Tails got to the altar, there was an odd priest there, he was short for a human, and he had a cloak over his head. Tails, even being as short as he was, couldn't peer into it.
"Hello Miles Prower." The priest said in a deep voice that was completely unrecognized by Tails.
"Hello." Tails said as kindly as he could.
"This is quite a fine wedding you have. Is the woman you're marrying beautiful." Tails was filled with warm thoughts of Cosmo.
"Yes… if I were to put her on a scale of beauty, it would rank up to the Greek goddesses, and that is an understatement." Tails said dreamily, forgetting about the thousands of people watching his every move.
"Impressive, how'd you two meet?"
"She came from the sky in a small starship that crashed. I helped her out of it when she couldn't get out of it."
"Ah, love at first sight…"
"Yeah…"
"Her name is Cosmo? Correct?"
"Yes, the greatest name in the world…" Tails was in his dream state, and that calmed him.
Cosmo knew that it was her time to come out, but she was afraid. She heard the footsteps of everybody coming, and there was a lot. She wished that she had her mother with her. Even though it was tradition to have one's father escort their daughter to the altar, Cosmo didn't completely know her father, though she suspected that it was Dark Oak, who nobody alive wanted to see.
Cosmo mustered up her courage and stepped forth from the shadows that she had been in. As she emerged, the forest was silent for a moment. Then, music, from seemingly the forest itself, began playing wedding music. There must be a spectral force here; the music of the forest was also in my dream… Oh I wish XT-421 could walk me to the altar… that would perfect this dream.
XT-421, who had ordered his small stereo systems, which he had placed for the musical effects, to play, had been analyzing Cosmo's thoughts from afar, and, even though he was at the center of attention, he pressed a few buttons on his concealed mechanical arm. A small orb popped from his back, and flew over to Cosmo; nobody noticed this, until it came to eye level in front of Cosmo. The small orb created a holographic image of XT and it stood in front of her.
Cosmo looked into the XT-421 image holding out its hand to Cosmo. My dream is coming true. Wow, I did get walked down the aisle with XT.
Tails looked at Cosmo, she was overly beautiful, and if it weren't for his being in front of an entire city, he would faint. Her dress matched her perfectly; the apple blossom wedding dress was a brilliant idea, it was a flower, and it was a beautiful silvery white. The gloves that she wore matched the material, and her style. She looked very elegant, approaching the altar with the XT-421 look alike. The closer she came to the altar, the faster Tails' heart beat went. As she stood next to him on the altar, he was surprised that the people around him didn't start dancing to the sound of his heart, beating like a drum.
XT-421 dismissed his sphere, it silently vanished as Tails and Cosmo stood together at the altar. And he began a simple ceremony. It lasted for about an hour. Tails, Cosmo, Sonic and Amy, all under the watchful eyes of the city did little but stand there, admiring the bond that was being created, while Knuckles, Rouge, Shadow, and Cream's mother, who all got to sit front row because they were well known by Tails and Cosmo, had a little more freedom. When the time came for the ring bearer to present the rings to Tails and Cosmo, Cream did show.
Cream arrived in a green dress, similar to Amy's, but smaller. She was followed by Cheese. She kept a calm face, which surprised everyone. When she presented the ring to the two, she bowed her head, and held the pillow with the rings on it up high.
Cosmo and Tails took the other's ring, Cosmo with Tails' gold band, and Tails with Cosmo's rose-like ring.
"You may now place the rings on one another." The priest uttered. Cosmo and Tails did this at the same time. After that, they fell into a trance with one another. They stayed this way until the priest began to come to an end.
"Miles 'Tails' Prower, do you take this woman to be your lawful wedded wife?"
"I do." Tails said, not breaking I contact with Cosmo's sea-deep eyes.
"And do you, Cosmo, daughter of Luke, take this man to be your lawful wedded husband?"
"I do." Cosmo answered, deeply allured by Tails' wild eyes.
"Then I pronounce you man and wife. You may now kiss the bride." Cheers echoed throughout the forest as Tails lifted up Cosmo's veil and kissed Cosmo. The priest's voice changed from low pitch to a high pitch as he began to speak.
"Finally, mission complete. Together, forever, in weakness and power, as shall be Miles and Cosmo Prower! Yes, finally I am at rest." The priest threw back him facial shroud revealing himself to be XT-421.
"What the!" Cosmo and Tails said, shocked, in unison.
"How long have you been here XT?" Tails asked.
"Since about two days ago, I was the burst of light from the moon. Since then I have been playing my cards to this spot, right here, on the altar." XT smiled at them.
"We thank you XT, greatly. But, how much of this do you account for?" Cosmo questioned.
"My biggest achievement was what you see here. Last night I drugged you two and viewed your dreams, Cosmo. And this is what you dreamt, wasn't it?"
"Yes, but if only food was in my dream…" Cosmo's stomach growled.
"Well, I am one step ahead of you two. Follow me, quickly." XT hobbled off the altar and over to an empty stump.
"Cosmo, this dude is so cool isn't he?" Tails whispered to his newlywed wife.
"I know, he has helped you and me so much, and only to see us happy."
"Then let's give him what he wants." Tails smiled at Cosmo. XT turned to them."
"And now I present, before I leave, my one last trick, up in my sleeve." The air above the stump behind XT changed colors into a more grey color.
"What is that?" Tails asked curiously.
"My wings, covering my wedding gift to you. Behold," He said as the wings began to unfold. "Your wedding cake." The wings reattached to his back revealing a massive cake, shaped into a tree. Tails' and Cosmo's eyes shone brightly at their gift, bigger that both of them.
"Is the entire thing edible?" Cosmo said, almost drooling at her cake.
"Affirmative. I baked it myself." XT said, producing a plate and cake cutter from the table behind him.
"Tails and Cosmo, I think you know what to do, right?" XT said, handing Cosmo the cutter and plate.
"Yes, I think we do." Tails grabbed Cosmo at the waist and lifted her up, just like he did for the party that she tried to plan for him. Cosmo, now a more suitable height, cut the piece of cake that had Tails and Cosmo on it. As they dropped down, more cheers from the hungry people from the city echoed throughout the forest as they formed a massive line. Cosmo and Tails ran ahead of them and grabbed the food they wanted off of the tables that XT had laid before them.
As the eating commenced, Tails and Cosmo escaped the party, well, not really. They escaped to the treetops above them. Tails had found a decent seating up there, and Cosmo sat on his lap, they both sat there, eating their delicious cake, staring up into the sky, just like XT had them do on the cake.
XT joined them.
"Well, I hope you had a good time."
"We did. Thank you for your kindness XT." Cosmo courteously replied.
"Don't mention it, just keep falling in love." XT hesitated for a second, as if listening in on something far away. "Do you remember that saying that I told you two the last time we met? The one about the seed of love?"
"Yes," Tails answered, "I couldn't forget, you said that young love was the seed of many things."
"Yes about that. You're seed has blossomed, or will, very soon. What I mean by that, you might find out a bit later than you'd expect." XT leapt down into the festivities as he left Cosmo and Tails in a state of wonder.
"Did he mean our marriage?" Cosmo started.
"Or something more…?" Tails finished.
"It is appropriate for the groom and bride to start the party that follows the marriage." Cosmo said shyly, holding her hand out for Tails.
"Well, then," Tails replied taking her hand, "we shouldn't keep our guests waiting then, should we?" Tails took both of her hands and jumped down. With his tails, and her skirt, both slowing their fall, they entered the party as if they came from the sky. Sonic saw this and announced something over the crowd.
"Everybody! Shush, let the slow music start, they're gonna lead us in a dance."
The forest was again silent as a slow music started. Tails and Cosmo, already in a good position for slow dancing, began to dance to the music.
"Aw!" Everybody cooed as many men, women, children and anthropomorphic creatures followed Tails and Cosmo in dance.
Cosmo and Tails were completely oblivious to the world around them. They were much more inside their own little worlds, gazing into the other's eyes. Still dancing, they fell deeply in love, now as husband and wife.
"I love you." They both proclaimed at the same time.
After a half hour of slow dancing with Amy, Sonic sought out Shadow, who was, as expected, hiding in the dark shadows of the ever setting shadows of the trees that surrounded the forest.
"Shadow, do you know where your rock band set is?" Sonic asked his doppelganger.
"Yeah, I let Tails keep it in his storehouse. Please don't tell me-"
"That I'm gonna make you, and me sing in a rock band for these people. Well, sorry, cuz that is exactly what I'm thinking." Shadow moaned in displeasure.
"But that would mean going in from of these crazy humans and other people."
"Oh Shadow, you poor caterpillar, why won't you break out of your shell and become a social butterfly? Too bad, you're going to and you have no say in the matter." Sonic bolted from the party to Tails storehouse to get his things.
Tails' and Cosmo's trance was broken as the music stopped.
"The music stopped..." Cosmo stated dreamily.
"But I didn't want it to…" Tails said likewise.
"Neither did I…" Cosmo hugged her husband as their attention was drawn to the newly reconfigured altar.
"Hello good people of Mobius!" Sonic called out. He was standing on the altar with Shadow, both of who were dressed up less and had their rock band gear on.
"Oh no…" Tails said, smiling wryly. Cosmo just giggled.
"Shadow and I are gonna play you some music, but first we need two more people who can play the guitar. Tails and Cosmo, I already know, can't. So who's coming up here?" Two crazy teenaged humans came up to the altar and stationed themselves on the two empty guitars.
"Ok," Sonic continued, "Cosmo, and Tails, a slow one for you, and then we kick it into gear! Hit it!"
Shadow slowly began tapping the right drums as the two humans slowly picked their guitars. Sonic began to sing into a microphone, which, oddly as it seems, he wasn't that bad at. Though, Tails and Cosmo were too far back, they couldn't depict what Sonic was saying.
"Well, it's the thought that counts, right Tails?" Cosmo said, leaning her head on her husband's shoulder.
"Yes, but the last time he was on the guitar… I don't want to remember it…"
"Why? What happened?"
"Sonic went overboard with heavy metal music and passed out of breath. I had to take him home."
"Ha! This will be hysterical."
"I know, but he will make a fool of himself. But then again, he does well with looking like a fool sometimes."
"Just let him. That is an order from your wife!" Cosmo joked.
"By your command, wife!" Tails replied in a robot like voice. The two just looked at each other, laughed, and went into the crowd of raving people to dance.
XT had been watching this dance all night, still recording it for later viewing for Cosmo and Tails. He should've left, but something, something beautiful, kept him from going. He decided to wait until after the party to reveal what he had discovered.
After three hours of screaming into the mike, Sonic passed out. Someone from the crowd quickly grabbed his guitar and took his place, and the party continued. Tails saw his friend on stage and flew up, with Cosmo in his hand, to get him. Tails grabbed Sonic, and flew to the back of the crowd. Many people had a good laugh over this.
"Do you want to stay?" Tails asked Cosmo.
"Yes, but I'm so tired. Let's go home and pick this up tomorrow." Cosmo yawned.
"I couldn't agree more…" Tails agreed as he and Cosmo walked home, still dressed in their wedding clothes.
"Wait!" XT said flying behind them.
"Yes XT?" Tails asked sincerely.
"I have a better idea, here, give me Sonic." XT took Sonic in his claw-like hands, and leaned over.
"Hop on!" XT offered as Cosmo and Tails jumped on one of the biggest factors for their unification.
"Are ya ready?" XT asked.
"Yeah." They both said.
"Ok then, hold on tightly." XT's boosters on his feet roared to life as they took off. People watched in awe at the couple's getaway vehicle. To be humorous, and traditional, XT put on a banner on his back the read 'Just married'. The four were at Tails house in almost an instant.
"Good luck you two, I'm not going to leave just yet, maybe tomorrow, though." XT announced as the dismounted his back, and he let go of Sonic.
"XT-421," Tails began, "you have no idea how indebted I, we, are, to you."
"And we promise not to let you down in your repayment. We shall, can, never stop falling in love with one another. And we shall remain so till the day we die." Cosmo and Tails hugged each other as Cosmo finished. XT's eye took a picture of the event.
"That was one of the cutest pictures ever. Here." XT's hand spread out, and a picture came out of it.
"Oh my gosh! It is cute!" Cosmo adored it. Tails blushed at his wife's happiness.
"Now you two, go to bed. And sleep long and well, for you have yet another big day ahead of you." XT flew off back to the party.
"Is the day after one's wedding that big?" Tails asked.
"Well, other than for you and me, no. It could be, but, for us at least, the wedding itself was the more important. What could make tomorrow big?" Cosmo wondered.
"That XT, he's always got something up his sleeve." Tails muttered as he escorted Cosmo into the house."
XT watched the party, but soon got bored, and began to do something to occupy his time; juggling. He started with three items, and soon people noticed this talent, and threw more items. XT soon had over one hundred items in the air, and didn't showing any signs of tire or stopping. The party continued for another hour, but then people began to leave. The only people that left were Amy, Shadow, Rouge, Knuckles, and Cream, with her chao, Cheese, and mother.
"Hey you seven. Tomorrow, meet at Tails' house at about eight thirty in the morning. Don't be late." XT told them.
"Why?" The seven asked in unison.
"Another miracle will take place." XT enigmatically stated. Shadow, Rouge and Knuckles all left the scene.
"Well, it was a good party, and I'm impressed with your behavior Cream." Cream's mother told her.
"I did it for Tails, not for Cosmo." Cream muttered.
"Well thank you for inviting us." Cream's mother stated as she took Cream's arm and led her home, Cheese instinctively followed. Amy and XT remained at the empty party.
"Well, thank you XT for everything. Once again, how much did you help with?"
"Don't you dare tell them this." XT said while juggling, mentally turning off the video monitor. "I did everything. From Eggman's robots to the calling of the G.U.N. agents Shadow and Rouge. I also planned the wedding as you already knew. The only thing that I didn't do was build the trap that Tails had to go through."
"You helped the doctor? Are you insane?"
"Sometimes, more times of recently."
"It's a miracle that everything went as well as it did! That is way too risky."
"Is it? Lemme tell you something Amy, if something were to truly go wrong, I'd change it. I have an unlimited source of tools to my arsenal. For example, if the doctor really took it too far, I would have influenced his mind. Like so." XT's eyes flashed in a brilliant burst of purple. Amy's eyes slowly lost consciousness as she stood there. Amy mindlessly climbed on his back as he flew over to Tails' house yet again.
When they landed, Amy got off of XT's back and curled up next to Sonic, who was passed out on the ground in front of Tails' house.
"You see little Amy, your minds all buckle to mine. If I really needed to, I would've done that to Eggman. But never mind, I must go back to my juggling." XT flew off to the forest and began picking up the mess of food, trash, and restoring everything in the forest to its natural state."
