Reincarnation: Part 1

Sonic the Hedgehog, Knuckles the Echidna, and Miles "Tails" Prower, and Mecha
Sonic all belong to Sega Enterprises. Any other official characters used that are
Sonic-related belongs to them too. =P Hail!
Teila Fox, Tyreke Savado, and the mysterious fox belongs to Ally M. Which is me!
MWUAHAHAHA! *cough choke* o.o Um.. and this mysterious "emerald" belongs
to me too. No touchy.
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Chapter 1
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Deep within the Mystic Ruins, there was a lush forest. This was a beautiful forest,
and everthing was pure green except for the tropical flowers that were abundant in
it. The flowers gave the forest an exotic smell, and it was a lovely place to go to in
the evening, when the sun is setting. Along with the forest, there were ancient
temples there, and many did not know how they got there, or when they were built.
Even though explorers traveled through it, they did not find anything to tell of their pasts.
However, one particular fox was traveling through the temple that evening. It was
about 6:00pm, and he was getting ready to depart back to his workshop to rest. He
came into the temples time and time again to see if he can find anything in them, but he would always come up with nothing. He leaped into the air and used his twin tails to hover in the air. As Tails took the trail back to the spot he came from, he suddenly saw a door he never noticed before. He observed it. The door had
confusing figures engraved in it. It was a type of language he had never seen before.
Curiosity getting the best of him, he pushed the door open with all his might, finally
budging it open enough to squeeze himself in. He turned on his flashlight, and a faint
shine caught his eye. He turned his head to the side to look where it was coming
from. His baby blue eyes laid upon a cyan emerald, it glimmered from the light of
the flashlight. Tails walked towards it, but suddenly it exploded in a burst of light.
The whole room was lit up, and it turned out to be much bigger than he expected.
There was a fountain that had no water flowing from it, the stone steps were
covered in dust. In front of the fountain, the emerald was held on a podium, but it
was not glowing anymore, it was just the way he found it. He stared at it in awe,
wondering the power of it. In his mind, he was thinking it was some type of chaos
emerald. Satisfied with that thought, he carefully took the emerald from its podium
and slid back out of the room, whisling happily to himself as he flew out of the
temple, not knowing he had found the beginning of the end.
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Tails, grasping the cyan gem in his hand, ran into his workshop immediately,
excited about his discovery.
"I can't wait to find out more about this!" he said to himself. He went upstairs into
the mini lab he had built. Inside he had a microscope, and a observer where he can
take apart objects and view them with another microscope. He set the emerald under
the microscope and adjusted the lens on it. Then, he focused on it, setting the
microscope power to 500x. He then looked at it. He noticed something inside of
moving. His eyes widening, he focused the microscope power higher, until he saw
what was inside. He saw faint light swirling inside of it, lighting up the emerald time
and time again. He gasped and went to pick up the emerald. As he picked it up, he
felt a burning sensation in his hand. He yelped and immediately dropped the gem, it
rolling a couple feet away from him. Tails held his hand, sliding off his glove to see
is any part of his hand was injured. His fur was a little bit singed, but it wasn't that
big of a deal. He took some pliers and used it to pick it up, the emerald so hot it
made the tip of the pliers soften. He had to call Sonic and Knuckles to look at it. He
walked to his room and used a communicator to reach Knuckles.
"Knuckles! Come in! This is Tails! I got something to show you!"
A couple minutes later he heard a voice on the other side. "What is it Tails?"
"Knuckles! I found this weird emerald, and it was so hot it almost burned me! You
gotta come see it!"
"An emerald?! I'll be over as fast as I can!"
"See ya soon!"
And with that, Tails hanged up. He used his phone to call Sonic, and luckily Sonic
was home for once.
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Sonic walked out of his bathroom, a white towel wrapped around his waist and his
fur soaking wet. His quills were dripping with water as it dripped into the rug a
little, but he didn't really care. He ran a hand through his quills and smiled a little.
"Ah, nothing like a squeaky clean hedgehog, only to get dirty again in fightin' bad
eggs like Eggman!" he said to himself. He was about to head to his room to dry up
when suddenly he heard his phone ring. He walked over there and picked up the
phone, answering in a light tone.
"Sonic here!"
"Sonic? This is Tails, I found this really neat gem and you gotta see it! It's sizzling
hot, I have to use pliers to hold it! You gotta come over! This can be a type of
Chaos Emerald!"
"Chaos Emerald? Dude! I'm there! See ya in a second!" Sonic said as he put down
his phone. He ran to his room, unwrapping the towel from his waist, seeing no need
for it. He dried himself off and put on his shoes, and while he ran out of his room he
put on his gloves. Taking his keys and putting in his inside glove pocket, he ran out
the door and shut it. Excited by this discovery, he decided to take the stairs and ran
down them in a matter of seconds. He jogged out of the hotel, waving back to people
as people greeted him. He saw Teila roller blading around Twinkle Park, but barely
making her out due to it was already night time. he ran into the train station. Teila
saw him and stopped with a screech.
"Hmm.. I wonder what the blue dude is up to again. Being the nosy person I am, it's
my duty to find out!" She said to herself as she quietly followed him in.
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Sonic rain up the stairs and Teila hid behind the railings as he ran past her. As he
went by she heard the words "Sizzling" and "Emerald" murmured by the blue
hedgehog as he got into the train.
"Sizzling.. emerald? Hmm.." She skated quickly to the railing, at the very moment
jumping on top of it and grinding up the stairs, people yelling, afraid of getting
pushed down. When she got completely up the stairs, she spinned a little, almost
landing on the conductor.
"Hey! You with the rollerblades! Those are not allowed in here!" he yelled as he
fixed his hat. Teila broke out skating, seeing him with an angry look on his face. She
jumped on top of the train Sonic was in, the conductor yelling obscenities to her as
she was whisked away by the train. Laughing, she waved at him as she disappeared
into the tunnel.
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As Sonic got off the train, he saw Knuckles coming from the caves that lead to Red
Mountain. Sonic waved at him, jumping off from the stand and landing on the
ground safely.
"Hey Knuckles! Are you here to see that sizzling emerald too?" Sonic asked,
slapping a high five with Knuckles. Knuckles nodded.
"You bet! I want to see this thing for myself!"
"Same here my friend! Let's check it out!" Sonic said as he ran to Tails' workshop,
with Knuckles gliding after him. Teila came out from behind a rock, growing more
curious. She followed them slowly and carefully, doing her best not to get caught.
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Sonic and Knuckles opened the door to Tails' workshop, looking around for him.
"Tails! We're here!" Knuckles yelled.
"Up here guys!"
The two glanced at each other for a second, then rain upstairs to his lab. In it, they found Tails holding a pair of half melted pliers. Their eyes widened as the pliers broke in half, not being able to withstand the heat anymore, the emerald dropping to the floor. Tails dropped the pliers and looked at the emerald.
"Wow.. you weren't kidding Tails! It is hot!" Sonic said, crouching down to it.
"Yeah, I never saw anything like it!" said Knuckles. "Where did you find it?"
Tails looked up at Knuckles. "Well, I was exploring in the temples of the Mystic Ruins forest, when I saw this weird room. Inside it, there was this emerald. I walked up to it and it bursted in light, and when I opened my eyes it turned out to be on a podium and there was a fountain and everything!"
"But why is it so hot?" Sonic said, staring at it.
"It wasn't like that when I picked it up, but when I put it in under a microscope, there was a tiny light swirling inside it. After I picked it up, it was burning hot."
Teila stayed by the window, hearing every word they were saying. Not being able to control her curiousity anymore, she jumped through the window, startling the three.
"Teila?" all three said at the same time.
"What are you doing here?" Tails asked, looking at her. He always enjoyed her company, but he wondered why she was at the window,
"Sorry for peeping in guys, but I wanna hear about this thing!" She saw it on the floor and picked it up."Oooh, nice lil' sucker you got here."
Sonic's eyes widened."Hey! That thing is burning hot!"
Teila blinked. "It is? It feels fine to me."
Knuckles thought for a second. "Pass it here."
Teila tossed it to him, and Knuckles caught it, but in the same second dropping it on the floor again.
"Ouch! That thing is burning hot!"
Teila picked it up again and held it. "But it can't be, I can hold it!" She ran her finger pass the edges, when she noticed small carvings on the sides of it. It looked like some type of ancient language.
"Hey guys.. there's something engraved in this thing." She said, squinting at it. Tails stood next to her and softly moved her arm towards him to see it better. Tails blinked for a brief second, not seeing anything.
"I don't see anything.." Tails said. Sonic and Knuckles looked over, seeing the same thing Tails did, nothing.
"I think you crashed too many times when you were on that skateboard downtown Tei, I don't see a thing!" Sonic said, Knuckles nodded in agreement.
"Hey! I know I saw figures in it, and I only crashed twice that time!"
Tails touched Teila's shoulder softly. "It's alright, let's all call it a night and we'll talk more about this tomorrow."
"Well.. alright." Teila looked at the emerald one more time, and set it down on th table. With that, she skated out, leaving the same way she came in. Tails smiled as he shook his head slowly. Sonic sighed.
"You know lil' bro, I know you have a big crush on her and everything, but you don't have to take her side even if she is wrong."
Tails blushed madly at this comment. "I'm not taking anyone's side, and I have a little crush on her, don't make it sound serious!"
Sonic decided to tease him a little at this point. "Oh really? So you're calling getting her a pineapple soda everyday and writing her name and your name repeatedly on paper not serious?"
"Quiet!" Tails said as he blushed even more. Knuckles sighed and got in between them.
"Guys, calm down, let's hit the sack, it's late. Bye." Knuckles said as he walked out the door. After watching him leave, Sonic huffed.
"I'm tired anyway, so I'll leave you to your dreams about her, laters!" Sonic said as he sped out quickly before Tails can catch him. Tails mumbled and went off to his bed, closing the lab door, leaving the emerald on the table.
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Teila yawned and moved a long strand of her odd colored hair away from her face. She had the tie out, and as she walked it lightly dragged across the ground. She has been planning to get a hair cut, but she just haven't got the time. She walked to her bed, and jumped in, bouncing a little. She pulled the warm blankets over her, and turned to her side. Curling up into a ball of fur, she closed her eyes. That emerald.. there was something about it.. she was the only one who could see those strange figures on it. She would go to the library tomorrow morning, that's all. She sighed mentally. She hasn't been to the library in over a year now. She sighed again. Oh well. She soon fell asleep, the emerald the last thought in her head.

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Within the depths of Tails' workshop, deep in the lab, the emerald stood still.. for the moment. The emerald stirred, rolling over on the table, something stirring inside. Deep inside the cyan shadows, lived a soul. The emerald was alive, and it wanted to return..