"S-Sonic!" the kitsune shouted as he continually saw his friend shocked by the wizard's magically bolts. The hedgehog was unable to move, he couldn't escape as the attack paralyzed him. Tails felt like he had to do something, but he also couldn't move. Through all the pain he saw his friend going through he desperately wanted to act, yet something was holding him back. Was it Fear? Helplessness? He didn't know what it was but he found himself standing there, angry at himself and Nagus, as the light from the energy attack caused the kit to tear as his friend cried in plight.

The blue hedgehog saw Tails standing there as he started to lose feeling in his limbs. "T-Tails… get outta here…!" He cried. Sonic didn't like being seen like this, his friend to see his hero being torn apart like he was. As he looked at the fox, he thought he saw something. A shadowy figure approached from behind Tails, it looked like it was another fox, it looked a lot like his two tailed friend, but though it was the same height and build, the shadow only had one tail. Sonic tried to look closer but he felt another shock jolt through him, making him cry out in pain. He opened his eyes again to see the form, it had advanced from the shadow, it looked nothing like tails, and everything like him. Like some strange funhouse mirror.

The form was of the same height, had the same distinguishing features. The same three strands of fur came off the top of the vulpine's brow. Its eyes were of the same shape, as was most the rest of the form's body from, save the single bushy tail. There were some differences in the form other then the tail though, mostly in the mystery fox's coloration. The fur was of a deeper color, a typical brown color compared to his friend's lighter orange. Its eyes were a royal blue compared to the cobalt, lighter eyes of Tails. Sonic did not know why but the mystery form seemed sinister as it stood behind his friend. The form finally made a move after standing behind its two tailed counterpart for awhile, its hand went for the two-tailed fox's shoulder. The hedgehog tried to cry out to his friend to warn him of the form sneaking up behind him, but he couldn't say a word as he felt himself black out.

Shortly after Tails saw Sonic fall he felt something on his shoulder. It felt like a hand, and its touch made him shiver, it felt cold. He was about to look over behind him but he couldn't before he felt the chill spread over him like a blanket enveloping him. He soon felt himself loose all conscience thought.

Nagus, seeing that the hedgehog was unconscious stopped his attack. "Haven't you seen your friend in pain enough? Are you ready to cooperate?"

He turned to look at the fox, but before he could turn fully around he felt a fist smack his square across the face, the assailant was the two tailed kitsune, he obviously hit the right buttons, but never did he suspect the kit to be so foolish as to attack him. The wizard stumbled back a bit and put one of his clawed hands to his face. He looked upon it to see blood that had come from his lip. He growled as he turned back around to face the fox, who was breathing heavily and had tears in his eyes. "You fool… you could have saved you and your friend, now you'll both die…" The wizard shouted as he charge up what seemed like a lethal attack, the color of the Void darkened as a light started to gather around Nagus's claws.

Snively, looking upon the two watched with absolute terror, that little twerp was a fool. He closed his eyes as the light forming at the claws of the aggressive wizard brightened even more, the attack would defiantly tear whatever it hit asunder.

"Now prepare yourself…" the wizard shouted as a bolt flew at the fox with incredible speed. Tails looked toward the attack with anger; a facial expression that seemed unlike him. Before the large energy hit the fox it suddenly stopped, a strong wind kicked up blowing back toward the wizard.

"So the young Prower does show promise…" The wizard laughs with glee. "But you're just a whelp, and your uncle's power was nothing compared to me." He continues to push his bolt forward, however found himself become worried as the bolt started to curve away from its target. The winds suddenly got stronger and controlled the bolt causing it to whiz by just above the vulpine's head and then curve straight back for the wizard.

Nagus couldn't move on time as his own attack came down on him. The wizard flew back a dozen feet as he was hit. The cloaked magician hit the floor, and the wind died down. The young fox also fell forward and seemed to not move. Snively noticed that the magical barrier had dispersed, and he looked around as the hedgehog, the fox, and the wizard all lay around collapsed, he seemed to come out the lucky one.

Tails then make a sound as he stirred from his apparent nap. "W-What happened?" he asked as he looked about, Nagus, and Sonic were unconscious. The only one who was awake didn't say a word; he just stood up and looked down at the wizard. The vulpine meanwhile, ran up to Sonic, his quills look singed, he remembered Nagus was causing his friend pain, but he couldn't recall what happened to the wizard. "Sonic… Sonic!" he cried as he moved a hand to the still hedgehog shaking him heavily, feeling more and more worried by the second.

The hedgehog looked around. He seemed to be no longer in the Void. Wherever he was though, held as little reality as where he was before. It was a deep black all around him, like the one time he dreamed of encountering the dark hedgehog. Was he dreaming again?

"Anyone there?" He called out amongst to darkness. There were then four lights that made their way towards him. Sonic was cautious as they approached, ready for anything to make any hostile move. When they got within a yard they circled around him for a minute before stopping. "What are you?" He asked, still on guard.

As the lights faded Sonic realized that the four lights were the elders, or at least their forms. He drops his guard, the forms obviously not hostile in intent. "What's goin' on? Where am I?" He asked them.

The purple bird looked to the hedgehog. "You're unconscious right now… we're speaking to you as best as we can to your brainwaves."

Sonic rubbed his head with a hand, "So… talk, don't have all day to be unconscious. My friend is in trouble, he needs me there, Nagus-"

A chirp came from behind the hedgehog and he turned around to see a blue bird with round eyes. "Don't worry 'bout the kid, he can handle himself… ya know that as well as we do."

"How do you know?" Sonic asked tapping his foot. "You don't know him, he might have a lot of potential, but he's still not ready to be alone, let me wake up!"

The red bird hmphs as he flaps his wing abruptly demanding the hero's attention. "We do know someone like him, his uncle Merlin Prower, have you ever heard of him?"

Sonic shook his head; his eyes softened a bit as he looked to the elder, realizing he may have overreacted. "No, we don't know of any of Tails's relatives, how do you know of him?"

It was the green one's turn to speak, "He was a resident of this isle for awhile, he said he was on an exodus, because as a wizard he had to journey in order to gain more knowledge, and thus power. He had a colleague with him by the name of Nagus. In the fox, we saw nothing but good, however his follower, we saw in him malice, the only thing that creature craved was power... when the wizard fox asked if he could stay and study we discussed it, I warned the others to not let them stay, cause I could tell that the apprentice was wicked…"

"Oh shut up Grensfeld." The purple bird interrupted, "we offered to let the wizard stay, if he promised to defend the island from poachers that used to strip us of our eggs during the breeding season, and with that we all came to an agreement.

'They stayed for a good while, the fox looking to nature to find balance while his apprentice seemed to be far hastier. When the time came for Merlin to fulfill the end of his bargain, he did so without fail. He let loose a terrible storm upon the ship that had approached this island every year for as long as we could remember, saving out people from the horrid of hiding. We were very grateful.

'About a week later, he let us know that he sensed that a young one was born, it was his nephew's birthdate, you know him as Tails. He said that he was a star in the darkness, that he had been gifted by the very powers of this world, a chosen one as it were. He was going to leave and return to see the young Miles for himself. However his apprentice had other ideas, while his mentor was studying the real and good, Nagus decided that he wanted to go to Mobotropolis and see how he could utilize the technology there to help further his magical abilities.

'You see, this is where Nagus was different from Merlin, Merlin and him argued that night about how one should obtain power through wizardry. The fox wasn't a technophobe, but he knew that, like wizardry, technology could be used for malice as well as good. That wasn't where the argument lay though; it was mainly that Nagus easily made it apparent he was just using the implementation of technology to further his powers… something about a 'sanctuary' we overheard. The fox said that power comes from other forces willingly, and shortcuts would lead to pitfalls, but of course the apprentice would not here it.

'Not but two days later, the day they were to leave, they never said goodbye to our people. The boat was gone, before we had awaken, and they must had left. We soon discovered though that Merlin never left the island, his body was discovered in the forest, he had been gravely wounded, and his cry was heard from one of our people. We had no medics that could treat such a large wound on such a large creature, there was nothing… nothing we could do to save him.

'Before his life force left him he said, 'Please take care of my nephew.' We did not know weather he spoke to us, or some other force, but not soon after our people gained powers. We could sense when the older Tails was in peril, and came to his aide. Likewise we can sense when the young Tails calls us through with his power when it is unleashed, but he still has a way to go before he matures into that…"

Sonic had to sit down, this was all so much to take in. He knew his bud had potential, but this… this was beyond him, beyond anything he could ever think of. He didn't know weather to be excited or afraid of someone so young having this power.

"Sonic Hedgehog." The red bird interrupted his thoughts, "You have more then helped us in our task of showing the young Prower his path, but we implore you to continue this, and please don't let anything happen to him, the destiny of this planet depends upon his very survival. He is the chosen one as his uncle had told us. The things he does will make sure that this planet will one day have true peace, one this planet has never truly experienced."

The hedgehog nodded, and thought he was going to cry, he couldn't believe that his friend would truly be the one to restore order. He was so proud, it was like a commencement almost, and he would continue to ensure that his buddy would succeed without question. "I will do everything to protect him."

"Then wake up… WAKE UP!"

Sonic jumps up as he feels himself shaken. "Sonic…" came the voice of his friend, a little chocked from crying so much. "Sonic!" He cries as he hugs the hero tightly.

Sonic hugs back and pat the kit. "It's ok, I'm alright bro…" He looks around over the fox's shoulder. He looked around for Nagus, and noticed the creature laying in a heap, "What happened to him?" he had to ask. He never thought he'd see the wizard so beaten. The hedgehog looked to Snively, who was standing next to the downed magician.

Snively turned to his adversary and shook his head. "Don't look at me, I was in a barrier, just as you were. It was the twerp." The human pointed to the fox.

As the hero turned back to his friend, the fox shook his head and sobbed a bit, "I don't remember what happened, the last thing I recall is you passing out and then…" He pauses to sniffle, "I woke up, and he… was there…" Tails did his best to explain what happened. Sonic looked to the kit concerned, he would have once doubted his friend would have been capable of such a stunt before, but now, he didn't know what to think. All he knew was that he had to calm him down so they could get out of the Void.

"Tails, can you lead me to the way you came in?" Sonic asked his friend as he stood up, a bit uneasy at first but he was starting to get the feeling back in his limbs. With a sniff the fox nodded, and helped Sonic to stay on his feet for the first few steps. They didn't get but a few yards when they realized that someone was following them.

"What do you think you're doing Sniffs?" The hedgehog questioned dangerously without turning, he knew very well who it was.

The human frowned a bit as he stated. "Getting out of this rotten place, what do you think rodent?"

Sonic felt himself pulled in half. He had a good heart, and he cursed as it bled for the short homo sapient, he couldn't stand leaving anything in such a miserable place. However it soon was passed as it remembered all those that were lost fighting against the tyrant, Dr. Quack, all those people on the front lines back in Knothole, all those creatures that burned in the jungle on the floating isle. All the blood on the human's hands he could not forgive and it soon cut off any sympathies he had. "No! You've put us through enough! This is the punishment fit for you, to sit in this empty shell of a place and think of all those lives you've taken, and feel the fear and pain they had as they died by your doing…" He took a deep breath as he noticed that Tails was looking at him with concern. Talking with this anger was unlike him. "Let's go Tails…" He said lightly as they sped off leaving Snively behind.

The human watched the two forms leave him alone with the unconscious wizard, a fire burned in his eyes as he shouted after the two. "YOU'LL PAY DEARLY FOR THIS, RODENT!"

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Hmmm... Yep, all the questions were answered, just probably the ones you weren't asking. And if it did answer those, it probably just through many more out there. I'm mean... I'm sorry, just how I write. Next update in two weeks as normal, 21st of October, just have to look through it heavily, it seems to be sloppy and has a major plothole I have to fill up. Until then, and thanks for reading and taking the time to review.