Author's note: so yes, I got Tails to tell Miserie he loved her! I know, it was so soon. How could I, wahhh!
This file is called Ballad of a Fallen Angel. It's named that because of Miserie. She's 'Fallen' because she came from the sky. I say 'ballad' because Ballads are usually sad songs (or the ones I play are anyway), and 'Angel', because that's what Tails thinks she is.
I'm so mad at myself. I couldn't fix this chapter as HARD AS I TRIED it still came out as crap. Arrgh! Hate this cahpter right now, but it fits because it flows on to the next one.
The song that Miserie remembers is Wind by Akeboshi, featured in Naruto. I really love that song. It's really beautiful. The beginning part is my favorite, before Akeboshi sings. The instruments. That's basically the best part. To me. The lyrics are cool too.
INTO THE STORY!
File 9 Ballad of a Fallen Angel
Entry 4 'Cause You'll Hate Yourself in the End
Miserie felt the wind blowing against her ears. She opened one eye, thinking about how comfortable she was in her bed…when she realized she wasn't in bed. She blushed uncontrollably when she remembered she had been sleeping on Tails.
"Hey, you're awake." Tails said, suddenly.
Miserie looked up at Tails and smiled. "Where are we?"
He shrugged. "We passed the fleet a two hours ago." He told her. "We're headed to Angel Island."
"Oh…" Miserie said. She got up and shook out her matted fur. "I'm sorry I fell asleep on you, Tails I.."
"No problem, Miserie." He told her. He glanced at her and smiled. "It's okay. I don't mind."
"…" Miserie smiled and she stretched. "It's so great to be alive!" She said happily. "How close are we to Angel Island?"
"We're here!" He said happily. Miserie stared out onto the big island, but she immediately got worried.
"oh no!" She murmured, looking at the densely forested area. "The guards in there are shrouded…"
"Yeah, probably." Tails said. "But that makes it more fun. Like hide and seek."
Miserie looked at him. "Are you saying that because I'm a toy?" She asked.
He looked genuinely surprised. "No way!" he said.
"Alright. Because I'm not actually sure how to play hide and seek, so no help there." Miserie said. She turned around to see what Shadow and everyone were doing. "Everyone's okay!"
"Yup." Tails agreed. "You were the chief worry."
"I was? How come?"
Tails didn't reply to her question. Instead he said, "We're landing in a couple minutes."
"Okay." Miserie said. She tried to get up, but found herself strapped down.
Tails smiled sheepishly. "Sorry. When you fell asleep, you became so easy to push around I had to buckle you in."
"You pushed me?" Miserie asked.
"The wind, I mean. We sped up at least ten more times. With a chaos emerald, I'm not worried about gas levels, but this plane can only take so much stress." He said.
"…Thanks." Miserie said. She unbuckled herself and climbed out of the plane's pilot seat. She stretched and took another look at Angel Island. So much like Freedom…Yet everything would be different this time, wouldn't they? Things would never be the same. Never.
She sighed inwardly. She had been hoping they could miss this part of their mission, but it wasn't possible. If they slipped up here, on the final stretch, there was no doubt in her mind that the people of Freedom would become evil greedy people. The only choice now was to finish them off. Yet…
Miserie couldn't see how Tails could look at this so calmly, even if he was hiding his feelings. His mother was the leader. Out of evil had spawned good. Something like Yin and Yang. Except Tails' mother wasn't originally evil, with proved her point even more. This whole thing was a balance, good and evil, right and wrong. So who were they to save the world anyway?
…They were the elite, weren't they?
"Miserie!" Miserie snapped out of her dreaming thoughtful state to find Talon was already up and had seen her. She looked back at Tails, who was watching the island with supreme interest, but Miserie could tell he was somewhat jealous. She looked up at Talon. He walked gingerly over to her, saying, "Are you alright? I wish I had been here to help you."
"I'm fine." Miserie said, her eyes now riddled on the island instead of on Talon. She could feel it inside of her, this sense of dread. She couldn't control it, it felt like…
…that same cold feeling she felt by Maria's room that day… The one that caused her to cry her scarlet tears, the bright red hemoglobin matting her fur… But why?
No matter, right? She told herself, looking at her hands. It'll never happen again. Tails won't let it, will he? No more tears…no more…right? It'll never happen again.
But she knew she was lying to herself as she said this. She tuned into Talons conversation.
"We were worried you were dead, because we didn't see you, but Tails saved you!" Talon said. He looked at Miserie and smiled. "You know what? Maybe when this is all over, you'll come with me and…Miserie?"
Dead? Miserie thought about death. What did death feel like? Teardrops. Stinging teardrops. All of a sudden she was over come with grief. Is that how Maria died?
"Miserie, are you alright?"
"…no." Miserie said, knowing she hated the way this island made her uneasy. Why? Why was it doing this to her? A stab of pain to her neck caused her to crumple, hearing only Tails' voice calling her name in vain.
Music played. Bells. Miserie could remember the song, slightly. What was this place? A reflection? A shadow? Miserie remembered something she couldn't remember hearing: Reflection of fear makes shadows of nothing, shadows of nothing.
Am I dead now? Miserie thought. Am I gone too? A second of pain for loud silence forever?A fuzzy image came into her head, and she gasped. "PROFESSOR!" She screeched, but her mouth said, "Project Miserie, online. Status: Normal. Systems: Emotions: Functional.." Her mouth went on, with so many systems online and offline and ready and…
When she finally finished speaking, the professor said, "Ha HA! This is the perfect creation!"
She was confused. "Perfect?" she asked. This time her mouth complied and spoke the words.
"Miserie, my dear. You are such a wonderful toy for Maria." The professor said.
"So I am a toy." Miserie said. Her mouth defiantly would not say her words to the Professor.
"Even more, you are a perfect match for Shadow! An indestructible team I've created." The professor said. "The perfect creation indeed."
"What am I, then?" Miserie asked. Her mouth complied.
"Project Miserie, of course. The chaos field generator." The professor said it as if it was obvious. He went on. "You can harness the energy of the Chaos Emeralds for a little while. While you do, you will be able to help Shadow. I know he'll need your help. You can feel the energies. They pulse through your system, don't they? I was lucky. I found a small shard of Emerald, but I couldn't inject it into Shadow. So now your heart…you pump through your system liquefied Chaos Emerald. It took a lot of work, especially in all your bones, but I finally fixed you up perfect. Now you can helpSshadow."
"Why?" Miserie asked. Her mouth let her say that too.
"Soon, very soon. You and Shadow and Maria, you will be the last of the ARK crew. Together, one day, you'll save Earth. Together. You'll do it. Together." He sounded faraway. The picture was blurring. He was leaving!
"Nooo! Professor!" Miserie cried. "What was the purpose…!"
"…The purpose…" She murmured, opening her eyes. She recognized Shadow's red eyes. "Shadow…"
"Are you alright?" Shadow asked, softly. He frowned. "You're crying."
"…I…" she faltered. "I have a purpose…" She felt another tear.
"What?" Shadow wipedthe tears on her face away, matting her fur with blood.
"He said it. The professor told me...I can…harness the Chaos Emeralds power, for a little while…" She said. "I have a purpose…"
Shadow let her sit up and he smiled. "You've always had a purpose." He told her. "Now. Don't cry."
"I won't." She said. Then she paused. "…We were supposed to save the world, but…"
"We'll do it. All of us. Together. That's why we're here, remember?" Shadow asked.
Miserie nodded. "I feel bad now. So wound up and worried. It's the pain. They feel pain."
"Who?" Shadow asked.
"The Emeralds…" Miserie said. "They feel pain."
"Are you saying you can find them, Miserie?"
"I know where they are." She said. "but I never felt this before. Why?"
"I don't know." Shadow said. "but Miserie, if you can find where they are, it'll save us time. The less time we use, the quicker this pain will be over with."
"…Yes." Miserie said hollowly.
"Are you okay?" Shadow asked again.
"I'll be fine." Miserie told him.
I hope I'll be fine. She thought.