So…this chapter is probably shorter than some of my others….but in trying to be faster at uploading more chapters, my chapters have shortened in length. Better or worse? Please share your thoughts on this matter.

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(Rouge the Bat)

Rouge's wings took her far and high. High above the stormy clouds and into a golden realm of floating cotton. This sunlit room above the earth was a bit of heaven that most people never get to enjoy. A feeling of inner peace entered her heart and she let out a contented sigh. This was the most wonderful place to be in the world. She was certain of it!

But then a large shadow loomed over her.

Frightened, her head snapped up to see a floating ship sail over her. It was large, gloomily grey and armed with every weapon known to mankind. Loaming around lazily, the ship, like a predator of the jungles, seemed to wait patiently for the opportune moment to strike and create chaos on the unsuspecting city below. The monstrous beast starkly stood out as the only darkness in the bright world. It had Dr. Eggman's name all over it…

Really. Dr. Eggman had taken the extra time to paint his name in red over and over again all across the metal coverings of the ship. Unfortunately, he must have had a moment of lost identity for several of the names were misspelled.

Dr. Eggman…..Dr. Eggman…..Dr. Eggnam!... !...Egg(splat)

Rouge stared at the unfinished name with the big splash of paint where the "man" part was supposed to go. Odd. Perhaps Dr. Eggman finally went crazy. Or insane.

With the peace ruined, Rouge was about to simply turn away and go somewhere else when she remembered Amy's scent invading the world below. And how had left her….and Knuckles. Knuckles had left her.

Immediately, Rouge blushed. Since when did she stop referring to Knuckles as ? Odd.

Everything was odd. Everything was wrong.

Not for the first time, Rouge was once again lost in the idea that she was not who she was supposed to be. As if there were things missing in her life. In her heart. Her approach to the world itself. As if she was forgetting something. As if she was missing the part of her that made her Rouge the Bat. Did something happen to make her change? Was there a change in the first place? How could she be sure that these feelings weren't just part of her wild imagination?

More importantly, the wild flutter in her tummy whenever she thought about Knuckles was getting worse and worse. Embarrassing thoughts clouded her mind, such as kissing the echidna's softly set lips and tangling her fingers in his ruby locks. Could she be sick?

Oh no!

She couldn't be sick! Her hands flew to her face that was now bright red and burning. The action only convinced her further that yes, she was sick.

With this new thought in mind, Rouge swiftly left the heavenly room in search of Tails, the only "doctor" she trusted.

(Cream the Rabbit)

Cream was sitting under an apple tree with Tails. No sound passed through their lips. Their eyes were fixated upon the crystal drops that the trees' leaves caught in loving folds before gently letting the jewel to slip to the next leaf and so on until it was safely delivered to the anticipating grass blades below. Cream's hands firmly rested in Tails' as she willingly let his head rest on her lap. Cream was in her own heaven. Tails looked up into her large, bunny eyes and marveled at their beauty. For moment, just a moment, he wished that this Cream was the actual Cream he had grown to know in the past. Of course, that was just a penny tossed into a wishing well.

His mind wandered to the issue still at hand. The three girls were still in their switched forms. And, to add to his already worried mind, Tails feared that the girls were settling into a permanent state of distortion that ultimately affected the people around them. Sonic was obviously one of the major examples of this distortion. The poor hedgehog was blindly smitten with the same girl he denied so many times. The ironies of this world…

He reached up gently rubbed the edge of one of Cream's long, floppy ears. She blushed, making her look all the more radiant.

Of course. He, himself, was also another example of leaking distortion. Not that he minded, of course. Tails was actually enjoying the feeling of light-heartedness and love.

He should be trying to get the girls fixed, return them to their natural state. But then this openly-in love Cream would disappear. And he didn't want that yet. Please God, Tails prayed, let him linger in this frozen piece of time for a bit longer.

God did not grant his prayers.

"Tails! Tails!"

Tails groaned out loud.

Rouge crashed through the rain and landed ungracefully in front of the happy couple. She was drenched from head to toe; no doubt she had stayed in the rain for too long. Her fur was ruffled as if someone had roughly knocked her out of her peaceful state of mind and her eyes were almost the same as before she had switched personalities with Cream—guarded and crystalline, demanding.

"Tails! I think I'm sick. I keep thinking of Knuckles! And not in the most proper ways…" At this point, her face turned into tomato. " My tummy feels like it's doing back flips and I swear I'm trying to swallow my heart down right now. And I feel like I'm on fire!"

Rouge continued to rant on and on in this way, getting more and more detailed.

After a few more seconds, Tails and Cream couldn't take it anymore. Both of their faces were as red as Rouge's and when they caught each others' eyes, they created a whole new shade of bright red.

"Enough Rouge!" Cream finally shouted, holding up a hand. "This is too much!"

But Rouge didn't hear. "And just a few hours ago, he left me in search of Amy. Now Knuckles is probably with Amy somewhere! I know it's probably just because of Amy's pheromones but… Oh! I feel jealous! This feeling is so ugly! What do I do? What do I do?! Help!"

Tails' world stopped. "W-What did you say? What about Amy's pheromones?"

Rouge huffed. "You know! Because of Dr. Eggman, Amy's pheromone level shot up, calling to every male on this earth and…hey! How come you're not affected?"

Tails looked very pale.

"Tails, darling? Are you alright?" Cream asked worriedly.

Curse you, Dr. Eggman. Curse you, World. WHY MEEEE?

Those were Tails' last thoughts before blacking out.

Cream turned to Rouge with an angry look. "This is your fault!"

Feeling overwhelmed, Rouge fainted too with a dramatic spin and toss of her hands.

Cream looked at her unconscious darling and her unconscious friend/enemy.

"...Are you serious?"

I wonder if Dr. Eggman knows what he did...and what's with the ship in the sky? I'm telling you, everyone seems to be going out of character...(which is what's supposed to happen) lol

And sorry Amy fans! Since I devoted the whole chapter 12 to Amy, I thought it was only fair to exclude her out of this chapter.

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