Chapter 21: The Appearance of Tails
Everyone watched as Tails got up and looked around. He gasped as he saw the three dragons and his eyes widened in amazement; he never thought that he would see these mythical creatures because they didn't exist on Earth. Sonic and Knuckles growled and walked up to him, bowing their heads and allowing Tails to rub their snouts.
"Where...where am I?" he asked out loud.
You are in Alagaesia, Sonic told him. This is the city of Ellesmera.
Tails stared at the dragon, astonished that it could speak in his head. "Who are you?" he asked. "Did you summon me here?"
The dragon grinned. Tails, it's me...Sonic!
"What happened to you? How did you become a dragon?"
Sonic told him everything. After he was done explaining, Tails saw a red dragon standing beside him. "I'm guessing that's Knuckles?"
The red dragon nodded. I was summoned here also by the Chaos Emeralds and got transformed into a dragon. Apparently Sonic told me that Shadow came here too.
"Shadow's here also? Where is he?" Tails urgently asked.
Knuckles hesitated. He was summoned here by Galbatorix, the evil king, and was transformed into a dragon under his command. Sonic, Eragon, Saphira and I are trying to defeat him. Would you like to help? We are trying to find the rest of the Chaos Emeralds; he has two and we only have one, but I know where the others are.
Tails grinned. "Of course I'll help! It will be like another adventure for the Sonic Heroes. Where are the emeralds?"
Eragon looked at Tails and spoke. "Knuckles told us that one of them is on the island Vroengard, and the rest are here in Alagaesia. We were thinking of finding the ones here in Alagaesia first and then going to the island last."
"Yeah, let's do that! When will we leave?"
"Sonic and Knuckles wanted to leave tomorrow. I'm going too, and so is Saphira. Oromis and Glaedr will stay here."
Tails grinned and looked at Sonic, who nodded. The male dragon glanced at Saphira and blushed, which Tails noticed. He came to the conclusion that Saphira and Sonic liked each other, but he decided not to say anything. The fox glanced around and saw a Chaos Emerald and the Master Emerald. He walked over to them and picked the Chaos Emerald up, looking at it. Knuckles walked up to him and stared at the emerald in Tails' hand.
"How did the Chaos Emeralds get here?" Tails asked.
Beats me, Knuckles said. They probably came here with Shadow.
The fox nodded and walked over to Sonic. The dragon was talking to Glaedr and once they were done, the two dragons looked at him.
We were just discussing what we would do if Shadow decided to attack and try to get the Chaos Emerald like he did last time, Sonic said. He has become very strong since he's been under Galbatorix's control, and we have to fight him sooner or later.
"That's cool," Tails said. "Let's hope we can."
He smiled at Sonic and lay down under a tree to rest. Sonic looked back at Glaedr and the two continued to talk.
We must be on our guard, Glaedr told him. If Shadow decides to attack again, or one of the other dragons, we have to prepare ourselves. Fortunately, if one of us dies, we dragons have our heart of hearts to protect us.
Sonic looked confused and was about to ask what that meant when Glaedr spoke again.
I will tell you what a dragons' heart of hearts is when you get back, he said. Finding the next Chaos Emerald is your main priority right now, and I have a feeling that Tails will play a role in this quest also.
The blue male dragon nodded and thanked Glaedr. Sonic looked at Tails once more, wondering what Glaedr meant. Then he walked back into the forest and lay down to sleep, excited that his best friend was here to help them.