Someday
If I could be like that,
I would give anything
Just to live one day
In those shoes
If I could be like that,
What would I do?
Oh, what would I do…
-Be Like That, 3 Doors Down
One day I'm going to save the world.
Bet'cha wouldn't believe it, getting upstaged by your lil' bro! But someday it's going to happen. I'll be fast and strong. I'll be the one everybody's talking about.
Now, don't think that I don't like what I'm doing right now. Traveling with you, seeing the world, meeting new people, kicking Eggman's butt… honestly, what could get better than that?
But maybe sometime it'd be nice to have the spotlight on me, y'know? I wanna be the hero.
I remember that actually happened one time. I saved Station Square! Remember when we first met Chaos and Tikal? Yeah, that time.
You have to know how it feels- you've been the hero billions of times. But… wow. There's no clear way I could ever describe it. Maybe it's pride, maybe it's relief that it's all over, I dunno. What I do know is that despite how proud and happy I was, shyness and modesty took over as I stood there.
You never act like that. But people react differently, right?
Ever since that incident, I've been more known as "teammate" and less as "sidekick". Being the main hero, you probably wouldn't understand how awesome that one little change in words can be. I'm not the little mutant fox kid who tags around anymore. I'm the pilot, the mechanic, the brains of the operation. I'm needed.
I know you've probably repeated that last sentence to me a billion times at least. But you don't know how good it feels to actually believe it.
I know I'll never be better than you. Everyone has their own talents: you have speed, Knuckles has strength, Shadow has Chaos energy. Each to his own, I guess.
Do you know where I belong?
Am I the brainiac? Am I the pilot that everyone leaves flying to? What do you think?
Whatever you tell me, I know it will be true. Why? Because we're brothers. The closest thing possible. Sure, I can get a little unconfident and immature sometimes; sure, you can get a little too confident. But our flaws balance out. We're always there for each other… and yet, you're able to fight alone. I wish I could be like that.
Someday I'll save the world. Someday I'll be the hero. Someday I'll be just like you.
Someday I'll be able to stand on my own.
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A/N: Grounded from the computer, but it's not keeping me from uploading! All it's doing is making me write more.
Inspiration for this chapter is pretty obvious: "Be Like That" by 3 Doors Down. The moment I heard that song, I knew it fit Tails perfectly.
I hope to finish a bit about Amy similar to this and upload it as well. And I will update things like this as soon as I've written them…
Thanks to Crazy, Yuki, and Kat for reading the stuff I've written! You guys pwn!
-Twila Stryker-