Daniel, Cream and Tails: Musical Maestros

By: DJ Rodriguez

(Author's Notes: Hey everyone! I am back, and ready to deliver another chapter. I apologize for the long delay, but I had some personal issues to deal with. Still dealing with them now, but I am getting better.

Before I say or do anything else, I want to give praise and honor to the Lord. Thank you God for helping me in my times of need. I thank you God for also helping me to get back on track when I have started to stray back to my old ways and habits, which I am still trying to kick. It is not easy to change things that I have been doing for years now. But… I am determined to change for the better, but I will always need you Lord. Jesus, you are the Rock I need to hold onto. And also the one that I need to look to for the strength to acquire the self-discipline, self-control and self-restraint I need in order to be a more effective & better servant and soldier for you.

I hope and pray to you Lord to do my best for you, and to no longer be controlled/manipulated/gaslighted by the world or by the Enemy down below. God, help those that need you like I do. Because believe me, the entire world needs to get back to you very much.

I have been feeling a bit down as of late due to many things, chief among them is seeing more of society and people following along with this current New Normal, WOKE culture and mindset that has sadly filtered through more levels of just about everything. I am massively disappointed and upset on how more things have changed, and sadly not for the better.

But it thanks to friends like Authors Japan Boy, SaurusRock625, Dreams Come True 996, Tyrone Tyson, Data Seeker and more that have helped me through difficult times. And also my family as well, whom have grown stronger & more together thanks to Jesus Christ.

I have added more into my Profile that I hope people see, and that they also see where I stand firmly at.

I am also disappointed in another aspect that has got me down. Sigh… for years, I had hoped to see my stories and works become something much more than just fanfiction. I had dreamed of my Disney/Toho works becoming movies or TV series, or at the least comic books or graphic novels. I had also hoped very much that my other works, such as my Star Vs. the Forces of Evil story & my Dragonball x Danny Phantom crossover would gain recognition. Maybe even gain reviews of sort that would be posted at YouTube.

But… sad to say, my hopes had come up a bit short. My friend Dreams has made some excellent fan art of my works, and another friend Author Drjeesh has started to make a comic series of my Star Vs. works at DeviantArt. But… other than that, not much else. So just a bit down that my works had not gained the recognition and popularity I had hoped.

Heh… in a way, it is a blessing in disguise concerning my Disney/Toho crossover works. Considering the state the Disney company is in right now, and what they are doing, kinda glad that they ignored my letters and such. Most likely they would have altered and tainted my works, which would have brought me much shame and grief.

In any case, I hope that this chapter here is suitable for my new and cool friend Author danielman21. And again, I hope to get some new reviews soon on some of the works I have been putting up recently.

I wish to do this for my Tia Pamela Espurova-Allen. She is working with police and other official groups to locate and bring home a missing girl that is part of a family she works with & has befriended. Her name is Lina Khil, a little girl that was taken on December 20th, 2021. The search is still on for her, but so far… no luck.

Her information is this: She is three years old, hair brown, eyes brown, race Afghan, weight 55 lbs. & height 4'0. If any can help to locate and find her, please do so and notify the proper authorities. Hoping and praying still that she is found alive & returned to her family.

I do not own the plot, my new Author friend does. Neither of us own Sonic X, as it is a television animated series that was created in Japan. It was directed by Haijime Kamegaki, produced by Takeshi Sasamura & Tadahito Matsumoto. The original network is was broadcasted from is TV Tokyo in Japan, and in the United States by many other networks such as Disney Channel, Jetix, Fox, 4Kids TV and more. It ran from April 2003 to April 2005.

Also, will be utilizing a level or so from the video game Sonic Forces even though I have never played the game itself.

Now, on with the story!)


It was now 12:45 p.m. at the Rabbit residence abode, Tails and the others were listening to Amy as she played a few notes on the lyre harp she bought. It seemed that the pink-colored beauty had some considerable skill with the stringed instrument, playing out beautiful notes from said object & showing such dexterity in plucking the strings. The others were very much impressed by her ability, and when it was done, all of them clapped to show their appreciation in hearing such lovely sounds from her.

Big cheered out, "That was very pretty Amy!". Froggy croaked in agreement on the giant cat's head.

The young human Daniel was clapping the loudest and exclaiming with joy, "He's right! You're very good Amy!". At seeing his puppy-love crush smile and blush from his words, it made a warm & positive feeling surge through his small body.

Cream added in a warm tone, "He's right, Miss Amy! That was just wonderful!". Cheese agreed with her sentiments as he too clapped and spoke in his native language.

Amy blushed from the praise, soaking it all in and feeling both proud & also humble as well. She spoke in a bashful tone, "Oh, thank you guys! Believe me, this is the first time playing something like this. I'm surprised that I have skill with a harp.". It was true, as Amy was more known for wielding her heavy mallet. So it would be amazing to some to see someone that had much strength could play well on a delicate musical instrument like a harp.

Tails smiled and replied, "Well, I have to say that was very good. I believe you have a natural talent with stringed instruments, but just didn't realize it yet.".

The two-tailed fox did have a point. Amy was more into exercising her body such as boxercising, which was an intense training regimen based on boxing training. She also was into fortunetelling like with Tarot card, and also baking. But it seems that she had a latent talent, a kind of hidden ability that she was not fully aware of.

The mechanical genius looked to Danny and asked, "Okay now, let's see what you can do. Pick an instrument that catches your attention, try it out and we'll go from there.".

The young seven year-old looked at each musical device curiously, wondering on what he should try first. Daniel found them all interesting, but the one that gripped him the most was the guitar. He went to the instrument, picking it up and holding it correctly. He had seen some street performers back in his own realm play on the guitar before, and they were pretty good.

Using his memories as references, Daniel plucked some of the strings on the guitar. It made some sound, and he felt his way after that. He played some simple notes, but they were on key and rather good. Amy and the others were a bit surprised to see the seven year-old human play that well, even if it was only a few strings and such. After a minute or so, he stopped and looked to Tails and the others & asked in a hopeful tone, "Well, how was that?".

The two-tailed fox answered back with a smile, "Wow! I have to say, that is some talent there. Mind you it was only a few notes, but I think that you got something there.". This made the lad smile brightly, which had the ladies giggle and Big just chuckling softly with a smile. Tails asked if he wanted to try out the other instruments, but Daniel shook his head and said that he was more comfortable with the one he currently had.

It was Cheese's turn, the floating blue Chao going to the keyboard piano. It was all set up, a chair not required since Cheese could float to be at optimal level. The friend of Cream tapped some of the keys on the instrument, a bit surprised from the electronic sound that came up from hitting the white key parts. Tails explained to Cheese that the white keys were called natural notes, and the black ones being known as sharps & flats. The two-tailed anthro fox further explained that certain black keys made a note half a step lower and higher respectively in pitch from their corresponding white keys.

It took a while to explain in a simpler term, but soon Cheese was able to correctly get what he meant when Tails pushed down some white and black keys to help make his point known. Even the others got a bit of a musical lesson from him.

Soon, the blue Chao was playing the keyboard piano with a good sense of rhythm that was impressive. After trying a few more notes, Cheese smiled and flew happily in a circle over the instrument.

Tails smiled, chuckled and stated with mirth, "I believe that we figured out what Cheese is good at. And now, I believe the last one to go is my little sister Cream.".

All now looked to the small rabbit, the little lady looking adorable as she looked to two instruments. One of them was the flute that Tails made for her, then to the violin that Amy bought. While she was getting used to the flute, the violin did have appeal since she heard her big brother playing it earlier. She was contemplating on which one to choose, but soon decided to try the violin first just to see how she would handle it.

Tails showed her the proper way to hold the violin and the bow, as well as how to move said bow over the strings of the musical object. Cream took his instructions to heart, and using the memory on how she saw Tails play on his own violin earlier, she started to play. The sound coming from the violin was simple yes, but still quite pleasing to the ears. It soon appeared that Cream was also entranced as she continued to play, her eyes closed and her body swaying as she continued to play some simple yet soothing vibes from the violin.

After a few moments, she stopped and took a breath. She opened her eyes, and blushing when she saw the others staring at her in amazement. It was Daniel that started to clap, and shortly the others followed as they wanted to show how pleased they were with her performance. Cream blushed intensified as she smiled and did a little bow.


Amy smiled and stated, "That was wonderful Cream! You looked like a natural with that violin!".

Tails added in with family pride in his tone, "She sure did! Cream, you sound good with the flute. But it seems you're more in tune with the violin!". Cream was now strawberry red in the face, making her look just very much cute at this moment.

When she managed to get her blushing down and under control, Tails was about to instruct them on how to practice until something crucial he forgot came back into his head. He said to himself, 'Hey wait a minute! I… Awww, man! I forgot! We don't have any kind of musical books or works to practice off of!'.

It was true. When he and the others left back to Mobius, he had not taken any of the musical works he had learned back with him. Not even the lesson books that Mr. Tanaka had given to him from the beginning! The pieces he knew to play, he played by heart and memory. But it was that very instant that a solution was found.

He came back to reality when he saw the others looking at him in a curious way. Tails brought up a sheepish smile and rubbing the back of his head nervously as he spoke in a tone that matched his current mood, "Hehehehe… I just forgot something important. We can't practice for real because I left all of the musical works and such back on Earth.".

This had Amy and the others all let out collective groans and other such noises to show that they were disappointed on how they were all fired up, and yet now no instruction booklets or other such things that they could use as references.

However, Tails stated with confidence, "BUT… I do know several works by heart and also memorized them! I can make music books and such for you all easy!". Well, this did bring the mood back up moderately as it seemed the two-tailed anthro fox had managed to come up with a solution to the dilemma.

He looked upstairs to the second level of his workshop for a moment, than back to the others as he suggested, "How about you all practice with the instruments as best you can? I'm going to see if I can make and print out what I need to make for us to practice the music I have in mind so that we can play for Mom's birthday.".

Tails then rushed upstairs, intent to getting what he believed was needed for the others to practice on. When he was gone, everyone looked to each other as they were now wondering on what was to be done now.

Amy suggested in a bit of an unsure tone, "Well… Tails told us to practice. So… how about we start off and kinda bounce the music we play while trying to find a good note so that it all blends well together?".

Big the Cat nodded and replied, "That sound like good idea. What do you think fellas?".

One by one, the others agreed that Amy's idea sounded… well, sound. So the pink hedgehog beauty started things off with her harp, then Daniel started with his new guitar. Cheese soon followed by playing some keys on the keyboard piano, Cream soon finishing it off by playing with the violin. Big and Froggy made themselves comfortable, but the mashing of music notes was something that one would not call harmonious as they were all a bit off-key. But they did listen, and slowly but surely started to get the hang of playing their instruments & also trying to harmonize with one another.

Granted, very few people can harmonize quickly when starting something in music. But with Amy and the group, they were learning at least. And, if one saw Cosmos the plant… they could see that she was twitching from the music!

In thirty minutes, Tails came back down with a moderate stack of papers in his hands. He had truly memorized the music books and such that he had seen back on Earth, remembering where each music note was supposed to be at for each instrument. While he would work wonders with machines in record time, he took much swiftness but also very careful precision as well with the musical note making.

The reason was something more powerful than just making something to save the world from Dr. Eggman… and that was to please his adoptive mother Vanilla.

Tails had chosen what he considered to be the top three musical masterpieces that would be excellent for his mother to hear at her party. They were Eine Kleine Nachtmusik - 2nd Movement by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Clair De Lune by Claude Debussy & finally Water Music - Suite #2 In D Major by George Frideric Handel.

When he came back down to the Ground-level, he was surprised to hear the music that was coming from the group. Sure, it needed some work, but they were pretty good for first time players & this made him believe firmly that with practice, patience and dedication… they would be able to give a performance that was worthy of Vanilla!

He clapped his hands, getting their attention which had them cease playing. The young fox spoke up with praise in his tone, "You guys were awesome! Not bad for beginners!". This had the group grin, confidence now flowing through their beings.

Tails then stated, "Let's move the practice outside. Since Mom is not going to be here for a while, best to take advantage of it while we can.". The group agreed with him, filing out of the workshop one by one & back out into the beautiful outdoors.

Once they were outside, Tails handed to them the parchments which had the musical notes. The group eagerly took the papers… but they're excitement gave way to confusion as they saw the many musical notes, especially on how they were all grouped together like so. Danny had a cute puzzled expression on his face, then called out to Tails, "Ummm… Tails, this looks very… well… hard to read.".

The two-tailed mechanical & electrical genius gave a patient smile and replied, "Yeah, I know it's hard. But I'll be teaching you all as best I can every day for the next two weeks! I bet that all of us will be able to play the music. Besides, would you like for Vanilla to hear you play on her birthday?".

This got the small human to have a mild surprised look on his face. After some thinking, he made up his mind as he smiled and nodded his head. Even if he had just met her, Vanilla really made an impression on him in a potent positive way. And he wanted to do what he could to make the beautiful, nice lady rabbit smile on her birthday.

One by one, the others also showed their willingness to learn as much as they could from the music sheets given to them. To practice long and hard so that they would be ready for Vanilla's 36th birthday!

Tails was very pleased that they were all willing to work hard, and he would do his best to teach them with patience, endurance and conviction. He wanted to do his best for the one who adopted him, and he was not going to let her down!


~In the Mystic Jungle zone~

In one of the ancient ruins within the jungle, a soft groan escaped the lips of Torli Clark. The young woman was slowly coming around, awakening as consciousness started to restored back into her mind and being. Mrs. Clark automatically reached out with her left arm to cradle her head, the other her back as pain was coming forth more intensely in said areas.

She managed to groan out in a pained tone, "Oooh… my head… I haven't felt like this… since last year when… me and Mathias went to Cancun… for our honeymoon…".

Torli opened up her eyes, albeit slowly and took in her surroundings. Everything was quite fuzzy, slowly but surely coming into focus and clarity. In a few moments, she was able to see clearly enough and saw her husband by her side. She was about to go and wake him up, but she started to scan her surroundings. The young female human saw that she was in a stone chamber of sort, with unusual hieroglyphic writings on the walls.

She said to herself, "What? Writings? They don't look Egyptian, Mayan, Incan or from any known civilization. But where are we? And how…?".

That is when the memories started to come back to her at full force. She remembered on how panicked she had been when she saw her only son disappear into the portal vortex, how she and her husband spent many nights at Technological Revolutions Inc. in repairing the Portal Chamber, that it took a month to properly recalibrate & fortify the machine… and how she and Mathias had leapt eagerly into the portal to Mobius in order to retrieve their precious child!

Torli also remembered the pain she and her better half went through when going through the energy tunnel, and blacking out just before hitting the exit point.

With her memories back, and her body regaining most of their functions, she went to her husband and shook him to wake him up. It was not rough, but not gentle either. She whispered urgently to him, "Mathias! Mathias! Honey, wake up!".

The young man groaned loudly, the shaking getting his body & mind back on. He groaned out, "Sweetheart… just five more minutes…".

Mrs. Clark rolled her eyes and spoke a little louder, "Mathias, wake up now! I believe we're here on Mobius! The machine worked!". This caused the male scientist to really come back to his senses, opening his eyes and rising upwards. But when he got to one knee, he groaned loudly and held his head. He rubbed the spot on the back of neck, showing that he was now feeling the pain as well.

He looked to his lovely wife and asked, "Dear, what happened? I believe I blacked out during the trip through the dimensional tunnel. Where are we exactly? And… do you see any sign of Daniel?".

Torli helped her husband to his feet and answered his questions in order, "I blacked out as well. And as for where we are, I have no clue. And I don't see any sign of our little boy…".

A lovely female voice came out from seemingly everywhere, "Well, well. It seems that you two are awake.". This had the humans be more alert, Mr. Clark going to both feet but grimacing a little as some small but sharp pain shot through his being.

Mathias called out, "Who are you?! Where are you?! And where are we?!".

A gruff male voice called out, "Well ask the questions here, human.".

A ring of torches that had dimly lit up the place suddenly sprung more to life, illuminating the area and causing the humans to flinch from the sudden actions! Mathias held Torli, to protect her in case something would come forth that would do them harm. The duo looked around to see that they were in a circular stone pit of sorts, looking up to see two figures up on the walkways, close together.

The light from the torches was bright enough to now show the figures of Rouge & Shadow. The dark twin of Sonic had his arms folded in his classic pose and firm frown, while the buxom bat merely grinned at them. This caused the humans to look at them in surprise, but it was more of the positive aspect then of negative.

Torli called out to them, "Rouge! Shadow! Are we really in Mobius?!".

The agent of G.U.N was a bit surprised that the humans were not acting afraid like they usually would when in a strange situation. She answered in a casual tone, "Why, yes you are. You're on Mobius.".

This had the couple smile brightly, excited that indeed their device had actually worked a second time. However, it was Shadow that stopped any kind of celebration by calling out, "Hold it! Before anything else, who are you? How do you know us? And why are you here?". While the duo did hear their conversation from earlier in the shadows, they wanted to make sure to confirm it solidly.

Mathias was the one who answered, "Yes, of course. My name is Mathias Clark, and this is my lovely better half Torli. We know of you from the files and such from the company we work with on Earth.".

Mrs. Clark put up with a bit of a smile on her face, "And also from certain fans of yours back home who followed your exploits very much.".

This got the duo surprised as they did not expect such answers, nor to be answered with politeness like such. They were used to the blunt or cool treatment from the humans they worked with back on Earth, so this was a little new for them. Rouge was not surprised that she had fans back on Earth, given her alluring appeal that the men went crazy for. What did surprise her while she was on Earth was the sheer number of fans she gained, which numbered in the millions.

The beautiful anthro bat was however surprised to hear that Shadow had fans. She looked to the brooding hedgehog and said in a teasing tone, "Well, well. It seems that even you have a fanbase, Shadow. Now that is a surprise.". Said black hedgehog merely made a 'humph' sound, apparently not at all interested in popularity.

Rouge looked back down at their 'guests' and inquired, "So what brings you here to Mobius? Does the government back on Earth want us back?".

Torli answered her, "No, nothing like that. We just came to get our son Daniel back.".

Shadow raised in eyebrow similar to how legendary WWE wrestler & Hollywood star Dwayne 'The Rock' Johnson did as he put out, "How did your son even get here to Mobius?".

The parents started to explain what occurred, which had the cogs in Rouge's brain turning. As the humans spoke, she thought to herself, 'This is kinda odd. Shadow stated that he detected some a brief energy surge of sort a distance from here earlier, similar to his own Chaos Control, but not quite. But that was very far away from here. And if that was Danny, then how did his parents end up here instead of being deposited to where he was?'.

Rouge prided herself on getting information, which made her an excellent treasure hunter/spy/secret agent. So she was determined to find out what happened, but for the moment she had to converse with Shadow on how to deal with the current situation.

One thing is for sure, things were going to get interesting from here on in!


(Author's Notes: And… cut! That is it for this chapter! I know it's a bit short, and I apologize for that. But I feel that it's necessary for the big changes that will occur soon! All I ask is for your trust in me on this issue.

Before I say or do anything else, I wish to give honor and praise to the Lord. Thank you God for once again helping me with this story here, and also helping me with my personal life as well. I will strive to do my best for you Lord, and I hope & pray that the people come back to you in every possible way. Continue to guide me, strengthen me & give me the energy to focus on you! And also to focus on my works, to get myself back in the groove and utilize the gifts of imagination and writing that you put into me in your name, Jesus.

And continue to look after my family, my friends and also the many people out there that seek you out more in this crazy world of ours.

Tails manages to print out the works necessary for the others to play the special concert for Vanilla, but it seems that the group is truly going to need some dedicated practice. I saw some pics concerning the musical notebooks and such for the songs that are to be played, and seriously… that all looks complicated! But fortunately, Tails will aid them… and in the next chapter, someone returns to aid him further! And to give you a hint, it is a special little lady that is close to the fox's heart!

And Daniel's parents awaken to find that they are 'guests' of Rouge and Shadow, and now they explain the situation to them. Will they help… or not? Find out in the next chapter!

Now for the questions! Ahem…

If you were with Amy and the others, which instrument would you practice on with them? We have the violin, the homemade flute, the keyboard piano, the lyre harp and the acoustic guitar.

If you saw Cosmo in her plant form wiggling around like so, what would your thoughts be?

If you were with Tails, how would you help him get the others to practice their instruments and songs that were printed out?

If you were with Mathias and Torli, what would your reaction be at seeing Rouge and Shadow?

And final question… what do you think the fanbase numbers are for Rouge and Shadow back on Earth?

R&R, no flames, enjoy and leave LONG reviews please!)