Disclaimer: Sonic and other characters in this book are NOT my idea, they belong to Sonic Team and Sega, and are Copywrited by Sega. I take no credit for the characters. I repeat, I take no credit whatsoever for these characters or the places in the story, such as Knothole and Mobius.

Author's Note:
Hallo again, every'ne. 's been a while since the last story (I think). I do hope my stories are good.. The part I'm really working for will take a while. But I'll make sure everything starts going haywire near the eclipse. Well, here's the cast.. Wait, I don't think I'm in this'ne! Dang.

Miles "Tails" Prower
Christopher Aosis (#)
Snively
Metal Sonic
Dr. Robotnik
Knuckles
?????(Purple Echidna)
Christin S.
Cmnd. Falco Sagot (Doesn't actually appear)

Well, if I left out a name, sorry. THis one took me a few days and I might've left out a character or two. Well, enough wastin' your time and my time on the author's note, you people probably don't read'em anyway. If y'do, thanks fer not makin' this part a waste'a time. Well, on with the story,





Tails woke up in another dream... He was back in Chaos Zone.. A cloaked figure stood before him.. "H-hi, Chris,.." said Tails, nervously.
"Hello, Miles." said Christopher Aosis.
"...Are you really evil?"
Chris glared down at Tails for a minute, then back at his crystal.
"...Yes... I admit, I'm not the nicest man in the world."
"...Why did you b-bring me here, Mr. Aosis?" asked Tails, suddenly fearing Chaos Zone.
"Because, I have an interesting offer for you." said Christopher.
"..I-I'm listening."
"I've been watching you through my crystal here.. and Viperus has told me a lot about you... And I've heard about your bio-android friend. And, well, I may have been evil, but I've reformed.. I'm here to help you." said Chris.
"...Um... ok..."
"Here's the deal; You know that volcano.. umm.. erm, what was it's name again?"
"Fire Mountain?" said Tails.
"Yes, thank you-- Fire Mountain--. You see, I have lost a certain item of mine-- the Chaos Emeral of Fire-- if you could retrieve it for me, I would help you in any way you want."

Tails woke up right after hearing that.. It was still about 1:00 am. He decided to take Chris' offer and flew off to Fire Mountain..


Meanwhile, miles and miles away..

A female fox was sleeping on Angel Island, near the destroyed, old, Master Emerald shrine. She awoke inside a dream..

Christin looked around.. Everything was out of control. "Where am I?" she asked herself, looking around.. "I think I can answer that." said a cold, raspy voice from behind her. She jumped slightly and turned aruond.
"You see, when you fell asleep, I summoned your spirit here. I am merely a mercinary. I do good for others. My name is Christopher Aosis."
"My name's Christin." said the fox.
"Yes.. I know.. A little bird-- well, actually morel ike a snake-- told me that you were a bio-android and didn't like it. Now, I can help you with this problem.... for a very light fee, of coarse."
"...I'm listening.." said Christin.
"You see... all you have to do is to keep yourself safe untill after tomorrow, then I'll tell you what your mission will be. But for now, I fear that an ancient forsaying will be coming true.."
Christin looked puzzled.
"In other words... the new Chaos will be taking over soon. He is a powerful sorceror nicknamed Chaos, though, not like the god of destruction, Chaos. But he is still even more powerful. I advise you to be carefull. Fare well." said the cloaked figure, walking back up the wildly-spinning spiral staricase.

Christin woke up.. "Ouch! Hey!" she shouted, standing up and pulling off a little creature who was pulling her hair. "Synnet!" said a familiar voice from nearby. Tikal walked over to Christin and picked up the little chao that pulled her hair. "I'm sorry, Christin, they're not used to visitors.."
::Aah! Hey! Come b-- No, don't hit the tre-- Aaarrggghh!!!::
"Oh, dear.. Seee you later, Christin, Chaos is having trouble baby-sitting again."
"Do you mind if I come with you?"
"Of coarse not!.. Just try not to laugh at Chaos, dear, he has a hard time baby-sitting."
"Ok." said Christin, following Tikal toward the ruins.

::Aah!:: shouted Chaos mentally as more Coconuts fell on his head. He jumped out and caught a chao who was about to try to fly off the edge of the island. ::Tikal... some help... please?::
Christin fought hard not to laugh. "Christin, gather the coconuts for me, please." said Tikal as she pulled out a flute. "Ok" said Christin, going over to the tree where Chaos got hit on the head with a bunch of coconuts. "Feed the chao when they look sleepy, alright?" Tikal said before playing a lullibye on the flute. The little creatures gathered around Tikal (Chaos fell asleep) and Christin started giving them all coconuts. They all fell asleep in about ten minutes.

Meanwhile, miles away.. Tails zoomed through the trees toward Fire Mountain, not realizing Sonic and Sally were following. He stopped dead in his tracks and thought a minute.. "Wait a sec.. If I get the emerald out of Fire Mountain's volcanic crator, I'd be fulfilling that ancient prediction.. Don't want that to happen.. I'd better not--"
"Having second thoughts, are we?" said a familiar, cold, raspy voice. Tails hovered down and saw a half-transparent Christopher Aosis.
"Well, if I get the Emerald, won't it start a chain reaction and make the crator errupt?" asked Tails suspiciously.
"Listen to me, kid.. If you do this for me, I'll make your deepest wishes come tru--"
"I don't need you to help me. You're evil. Jynx told me." said Tails. "I can sense it somehow. If I do this, the dark sorceror will take over Mobius. Don't ask me how I know, I just do."
Tails flew off in the direction of Angel Island, leaving Sonic and Sally a note explaining that he'd be gone for a while. Chris tried to shoot a stun blast at Tails, but was powerless outside of Chaos Zone. "Curse those echidnas...."

Tails flew over-seas, and got tired by nightfall. He flew down to a floating island to rest. "Man... I'll never find Angel Island.." he said sleepily, not realizing the island he was on 'was' Angel Isle.
Tails woke up in the morning, relieved that Chris didn't bring his spirit back to Chaos Zone again. "Huh?" said a familiar voice, making Tails jump. He looked around, but saw no one there.
"I coulda sworn..." Tails said, his voice trailing off as he went to explore the island better.

"Christin, what's the matter?" asked Tikal, ignoring the fact that Chaos was being punched by a shadow-boxing chao. "You look troubled."
"Well... you know Tails?" asked Christin.
"Yes, I've met him once before. Why?" Tikal asked.
"Well.. um... he's here."
"And that's a problem?"
"Well.. I don't think he'd like me now that he knows that I'm a bio-android.."
"Christin, imagine if someone you love, family or whatever, was hugging you.. What do you feel?"
"...Kind of warm inside. What does this have to do with any--"
"You see, you are no different than anyone else. Oh dear.." said Tikal, now noticing that Chaos was now being overwhelmed by shadow-boxing chao of all different colors. "Excuse me, dear, I have to help Chaos." said Tikal, hiding a laugh. She walked over and started putting teh chao to sleep with her lullibye.

"Do you know Knuckles?" Tails asked a purple echidna. He'd been walking for five minutes now and was finally near civilization. "Yeah, go check out either Isle End down thea' or check out the Emeral Cave." After some brief directions, Tails thanked the echidna then walked off.
"Hey, Knuckles!" Tails called out when he saw a red echidna looking overt he edge of the water. "...Knuckles?" Tails walked a little closer and tapped Knuckles on the shoulder. "Knuckles!"
"What?!" asked Knuckles. "Oh, hi Tails. I'm very busy righ-- Wait a sec, how'd you find the island?"
"Easy, I saw it in the distance. Kinda easy to find the Floating Isle if you can see it." said Tails.
"Oh.. ok. Well, I'm very busy... you see, I've had to hide the Chaos Emeralds.. and, well, I have to make sure no one like Robotnik gets ahold of'em." explained Knuckles.
"What if me&Sonic look for the Emeralds?" asked Tails. "It'll be eas--"
"Only one would be easy for you to find." Knuckles said, looking back over the edge of Angel Isle. "The others are very well hidden... One in a desert.. One in a volcanic crator.. One at the bottom of Crystal Lake.. I hid them all in very dangerous areas." explained Knuckles.
"Oh. Well.. Do you know who all is after the Emeralds?"
"Yes. Robotnik wants them for power, as well as Falco Sagot. Snively also wants them for some reason. Two other people want them, but one is kind-hearted. The other I cannot sense.. It's like he's from another dimension." Knuckles explained.
"..What'll happen if all 7 Emeralds are taken?" asked Tails.
"Well.. It all depends. If they are put together, the person who gathered them gains ultimate powers whenever he or she wants them. But.. Well, a Solar Eclipse is coming.. if they are gathered during the eclipse, a portal will be opened, and a spell will be broken.." said Knuckles. "In other words, it would be much better to find them as soon as possible. I'm very, very busy. Go talk to that other fox here.. um... that tan one."
"What tan fox?" Tails asked.
"The one helping Tikal and Chaos at the ancient ruins." Knuckles said, pointing to some ruined temple.
"Thanks!" Tails shouted over his shouldar, flying off toward the ruins.

"METAL SONIC!!!!!!!" roared Robotnik. "WHERE THE HECK ARE YOU?!!" "Jeeze, you don't have to shout!" said Metal Sonic through a transmitter. "I'm doing something to help you right now."
"And what would that be?" asked Robotnik angrily.
"Releiving you of your work." said Snively behind Robotnik. Dr. Robotnik reached to press an alarm button.
"I wouldn't bother." said Snively. "I disabled the alarms."
"Snively!! What is the meaning of this!?" Robotnik shouted.
"Easy. You, dear uncle, are an idiot. So I am relieving you of your post. I rule Robotropolis now."
"Tough luck, Robotnik." said MS. "But, times change! So get lost."
"YOU AREN'T GETTING AWAY WITH THIS!!!" roared Robotnik, taking out a controller and pressing a button.
"What the heck--??" Snively and MS said together as over ten explosions shook the area.
"I just wiped out EVERYTHING I don't need." said Robotnik, pressign another button. A giant, robotic viper broke through the floor. Robotnik jumped in. "Adeau!" he shouted, laughing maniacally as the snake flew back out of the building.
"Snively, he has all his robotic battle-tanks on remote control!! He's taking ten of them, along with the one he's in--"
"Metal Sonic, I know what he's doing. But he forgot to blow up the Swattbots we already have. And besides, I've got a very good modification set for each one of them." Snively said. "Now then, Metal Sonic, get your suit on and get ready for the plan. Sonic and his little friends will be getting back shortly."

"No-- Hey, don't do that!!" shouted Tikal, stopping another chao from jumping off the edge of the isle. "No! Don't punch Chaos-- No, that's a fifty-thousand foot fall!!-- Hey! Stop!! That's not a-- OUCH!!" A chao hit Tikal in the head with a coconut by accident. ::Ouch! Ouch!! Get off of me!!" Chaos shouted telekenetically. He was being tackled by about twenty little chao.
Christin would have been laughing, but she was too busy trying to soothe the chao to sleep.

Tails landed on the other side of the ruins. "This is the place.." Tails said to himself. "Huh? What's-- Aahh!!" Tails shouted as a chao tripped him. A tan blur sped by next, chasing the chao. Tails got up and saw a blue puddle of slime come up nearby. It reformed into a monster-looking figure. ::Who are you?:: Chaos asked. "I-I'm Tails.." said the yellow-orange fox.
"Tails!-- Heard a lot about you-- get back to you in a minute-- Come back here!!" Tikal shouted, running after another chao. ::They're being too wild today.. I have a hard enoug htime on normal days...:: sighed Chaos before goign after the chao again.

Tails walked around to the other side of the ruins and saw what Chaos was talking about. Everywhere there were little creatures, running around. He flew in and started trying to help.

After the day was over (And after half-a-thousand coconuts had been tossed and dropped, after ten chao tried to fly off the edge of the isle, and after all of the fifty chao finally fell asleep), everyone finally could think straight-- even though they were exhausted. "Man.. I see how hard this is now." said Christin, the only one who wasn't a bit tired. Tails noticed her for the first time since he got there. "Christin?" Tails asked.
".. Hi Tails!" Christin said before a chao started punching at her.
"Hi Christin! Where've you been?" Tails asked.
"I was helping Tikal and Chaos take care of these little guys." Christin said, holding up the chao who was still punching at the air.
"Yes, Christin has been a huge help." Tikal said gratefully.
::Yeah.. but the chao were still as wild as ever..:: Chaos said, falling asleep out of exhaustion.
"Christin, you didn't run because you thought me and Sonic and the others wouldn't like you anymore after we found out you were an android, did you?" asked Tails.
"...Am I that readable?" Christin asked, slightly laughing.
"Sorry, Christin, reading minds seems to be a common thing on this island. It can be annoying if you live here." said Tikal. "Well, this is the part of the isle no one really goes to. The other part is where you want to go if you're staying here for a while."
Just then, some chao woke up and started running around, making enough racket to wake the dead. "Oh no! Quick, before they wake the other chao!!" shouted Tikal, running after the noisiest. Tails and Christin ran to help(Chaos was too exhausted.).

Meanwhile, in another dimension.. "This was not expected.." said Christopher annoyingly, looking at Robotnik through his crystal, then Snively. "Robotnik wasn't supposed to fall like that.. hopefully Snively doesn't know the ancient prediction... This looks pretty bad.. then again, the person who everyone least expects is going to get the emerald.. probably someone no one even thinks of.. The forgotten often stir up trouble.. Well, however the way, the eclipse is drawing near, and I only have untillearly next year to prepare.. and the people on Mobius all have that same amount of time to get ready to die."
Aosis laughed coldly, his distorted voice echoing throughout Chaos Zone.