I know it didn't make any sense. Why should I have trusted a single thing I saw in this world? But… it was for Cosmo, I had to at least try.
"Can you really revive people?" Tails questioned. The man was tall, with a triangular head and a single eye that seemed to seemed glow a faint yellow.
The man laughed, though how he did so without a mouth, Tails didn't know, "My boy I can revive any that have passed on! So long as you have their remains with you. Place them inside the coffin, and allow me to work my magic!"
Tails nodded, walking over to the coffin. He took out Cosmo's seed, his hand shaking as he placed it in the wooden box and closed the lid over it. "Thank you so much, I'll repay you in any way I can." Tails told the man.
The man laughed, "The one eyed wizard will perform this ritual for free! SImply to demonstrate his ability to you! Now step back my boy."
Tails nodded, taking a few steps back away from the coffin, standing anxiously as he watched. Twilight appeared behind him, "Tails we have to go!" She said as urgently as possible while still keeping her voice low.
"You don't understand, it was my fault, I have to bring her back." Tails voice was oddly softer than usual, and Twilight picked up on it. "Tails… you're turning gray…"
It was true. Just as Twilight had been, Tails' fur was slowly dulling; gaining a grayish hue over it as he stared at the coffin while the one eyed wizard waved his hands over the coffin, chanting incoherently.
Tails didn't seem to hear her, or if he did, he didn't care. After several moments of chanting, the wizard threw his hands to the air, shouting, "Revival!"
SIlence. Nothing happened. Cosmo didn't open the coffin door and step out, she didn't revive at all. Nothing.
Tails ears flattened against his head, and his legs shook, "Why…" He questioned no one in particular.
The one eyed wizard sneered, "This corpse isn't fresh enough. Burn it so it won't contaminate future rituals!"
On que, the wizard's henchmen hurried up with torches, setting the coffin ablaze. Tails' eyes widened, but as much as he didn't want to let it happen, he couldn't make his limbs move. Twilight saw him getting even grayer as he watched, and knew what she decided to do. With a flash, she teleported away.
And then burst out of the flaming coffin, levitating Cosmo's seed with her.
Tails gasped, and rushed over to her. Several parts of her fur and mane had caught fire, and Tails quickly brushed them out. "Are you okay?!" He asked, worried.
Twilight cringed slightly from the burns, but smiled, "I'm fine, and so is she." Twilight levitated the seed to Tails, who took it carefully. It wasn't damaged.
Twilight got to her feet, seeing the color beginning to return slowly to Tails fur. "No more distractions. We know where to go. We're leaving this place now." Twilight said, determined. Tails nodded, and together, they took off once again towards the train station.