New chapter, insert wording here:
"Time is a great teacher, but unfortunately it kills all of its pupils." Now where did I here that? I am going to try point of viewing this chappie so just bear with me, kay?
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Tails' POV
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I yawned tiredly and shifted on my side. But what woke me up? A smell? It seems pretty good to me. What was that about Marine being a good cook? I sat up in the bed and took in the surroundings of this room for the first time. Lets see...
The room was decorated a dull whitish color that was not quite white anymore. From the dust. Everything was clean if you did not count the covered in dust fact. On my left I see a dusty window, hard to see through and stained cloudy from the salt of the ocean. Straight ahead there is a dresser with a mirror on top of it, and just to the right of that is a closet door. Was that the one me and Blaze were locked in? Whatever, I wonder how we will get back to my world anyways?
I laid back in the bed and daydreamed of various schemes. Do I build a machine? No! Wait...
I reached into a pocket on my PJ's, which for some reason I was still wearing. I could not really change into my usual outfit when it was a dimension away, could I? I pulled out the Sol emerald that took us here in the first place. The only one we had found. It glowed in my hand and I felt its power, a brilliant heat. It felt great, alive. Like I could do anything. Alright Miles, enough of that. Well, why not? Lets experiment.
I concentrated on Marine's kitchen, and focused that concentration into the emerald. The emerald glowed brightly and engulfed me as well as Blaze. In the blinding green light, the world around me faded away, by that I mean everything I could see, I still felt the bed beneath me. And Blaze's presence at my side, when the light faded, I was still sitting on the bed, and Blaze was still sound asleep at my side. But I was now in Marine's kitchen.
"Wha-? What the 'ell Tails!" Marine shouted at me, Blaze sat up sharply in her sleep and looked around. "Do you know how hard it was to get that bed in the guest bedroom? It certainly wasn't like pickin' flowers!"
"Wha's goin on?" Blaze asked cluelessly. Marine's ranting had awaken her. "Why are's we in the kitchen? Is this a joke of some sort?" She continued to slur her words together.
"Cool! Well that was neat, I think I am getting the hang of this controlling the Sol emerald business."
Blaze sobered up fast hearing that. "Oh ya! I forgot you had the thing, we Chaos controlled down here?"
I nodded with a smile. "Lets try a repeat, then we can all gather around and eat Marine's excellent cooking." I said.
"Thanks Tails but ye' didn't even taste it yet!" Marine said proudly. She looked down at the near perfectly cooked slabs of meat from the unnamed animal that Blaze slaughtered earlier. Who knew Blaze had such an animal in her! This led me to think of other things I'd rather not mention, but you can't blame me? Being a teen and all, back of the head is always thinking about that!
"Ready Blaze?" I asked her kindly. She gave a quick nod of anticipation. I clutched the emerald closely and concentrated on the guest bedroom, in a flash of green, we weren't in the kitchen anymore...
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Marine's POV
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I rather enjoyed Tails complement on my cooking. Such a gentleman... Too bad Blaze got to him first, other fish in the sea though I suppose. Plus I never remembered being lonely, I enjoy being alone on Southern Island. The freedom is incapacitating. I love it!
Waking up in the morning, I can do whatever I please. Many days are spent just floating around in the water. Or possibly doing something constructive, such as working on my S.S. Marine! What a nice boat that would be, too bad we are leaving here... I really didn't realize the severity of the situation. The world is gonna end. Life as I know it will change entirely, completely. I will never see this island again. That made me sad immediately, I can understand Blaze not being too bummed about it, after all, she gets me, and her parents. From my understanding we are the only ones that treat her like a living being, at least on this planet anyways. Or dimension. Or whatever. Who cares?
...But this island! My home! It will be gone. I love this place so much. I wonder if there is any place similar where Tails lives? I want a place JUST like this...
The overall emotional thinking had gotten my waterworks started. I was crying softly, I would really miss this place. It is almost like a small part of me just got gravely ill, and I knew it would die soon.
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Blaze's POV
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I felt like my insides went through a blender. I was incredibly dizzy right now. My vision said I was sitting up straight, but my inner ear thought otherwise. It had fully convinced me I was rocking from side to side, so when I countered that fake input, I actually did rock side to side. It only made it worse. My sub-conscious was having to debate who to listen to, so it just dumped the duty of standing on my conscious mind. Now I had to THINK, in order to sit upright.
"You alright Blaze? It is a little disorientating the first few times." Tails said, trying to be comforting.
"Ya, disorientating is the right word for sure. This being my first conscious trip through Chaos control." The liquid in my inner ear settled, giving me my balance back. I stood slowly and motioned for Tails to rise as well. We were both in the guest bedroom for sure. "You're gonna have to show me that one of these days, Tails. That is a useful trick I bet."
"You bet! Do you wanna head downstairs now? I would like to try Marine's cooking. That smell is absolutely wonderful." Tails complemented Marine heavily.
"Ya, wait till you taste it!" I agreed.
The two of us started toward the door, heading downstairs. Tails stopped and offered a hand, pretending politeness. Speaking of which, I hadn't told him I was a princess, have I? I shrugged, curtsied, and grabbed his hand delicately. He lead me down the steps and into the kitchen.
"Hi Marine!" I sang out. Marine stood with her back towards us, standing over her food she had just cooked. "What's the matter Marine?"
Tails got a worried look and let go of my hand, he and his overly friendly instincts forced him over there for comfort. I followed suit, after all, Marine was my best friend.
"Whats the matter Marine?" he asked, putting a hand on Marine's shoulder. I almost did the same, but I really didn't want to smother Marine with comfort. She was not the type for that, and really was best off with little comfort or none at all. She was definitely a loner.
"I am just really gonna miss this place..." Marine sobbed gently. Wow, this WAS serious. I have never seen her cry before...
Maybe she would appreciate my comfort too, I walked up and put my face in so I could look at her as well. "Don't worry too much Marine. I am sure eating some of your cooking will make you feel better." I joked, it worked. She chuckled lightly.
"Oi'm so lucky to 'ave you two for friends." She announced and wrapped her arms around both of us. Her mood brightened up slightly but I could still tell she was very sad about leaving her home.
"There are many islands on Mobius. There are even many that have not been explored that are a lot like this one here. I see various places often while doing private piloting to and from the mainland to wherever on the planet someone is going. It certainly pays well!" Tails said smiling.
"It still ain't this one..." Marine moped. "Lets just eat this food and stop talking about it, maybe if I relax and stop panicking. It will take longer for the moment of leaving arrives."
"Maybe?" I announced, shrugging my shoulders and lifting the plate of meat from in front of Marine and walking toward the table.
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TIME WARP!
Announcers deep voice, "ONE WEEK LATER!" (My voice, I know all my fangirls want to hear it! *Wink;)
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Tails' POV
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One thing that I found out is that Blaze is a PRINCESS! Wow! I did not know that. So that is where she gets her royal outfit from that she had when I met her. I'll have to patch it up for her. Good thing I had Amy teach me how to sew! Alright, enough of that. I think it was about time that ya'll Learn about how I plan to get us all back home. It is a multi-step procedure so listen carefully on how its SUPPOSED to go. I really hope it does got this way as well.
Oh ya, and Blaze and I managed to get our clothing clean. Which is a good thing considering my, ehem, pheromone output. The interesting thing is that Marine doesnt ever seem to notice at all. It only really affects Blaze.
Alright, so Chaos control is a good thing, unfortunately there is no time to teach Blaze, and since she is the only one that can access the emerald's power and knows the whereabouts of her home. She will need to be involved in some way. I figured that we could do Chaos control together, with me dictating the emeralds power levels, and Blaze pinpointing the location we would teleport too. So far, basic testing in Marine's home proved this theory possible. That is a good thing!
Right now, we are gathering various things Marine wants to keep, her clothes, personal belongings, anything that we can carry. We have decided that Blaze gets all of five minutes of gathering items when we get to her house. Her parents get five minutes to find what they want to bring as well. I will be raiding the house of any gold or other universal currency. Marine will help me with that and we also have five minutes. They need a place to live since I don't really have a house for five. Well, I do, but I don't want to live with five people. Marine can stay with me if she likes, Blaze can too, just cause I like her. However, there is no way that grown kings or queens are gonna mooch off me! They can go live by themselves! I already have to set up a temporary bedroom in the hanger for Marine!
"Are you done with your thinking spell yet?" Marine prodded as I sat on her bed. I had spaced out, thinking about what was gonna go down here in around thirty minutes. She sat down next to me.
"If you want. I don't care." I said submissively. I always had a habit of doing that around people when I did not have time to think of a reply.
"Well. Whoi don't ya go sit around with Blaze. She is your girlfriend after all, not me." Marine said blandly. I blushed.
"She's not my girlfriend!" I announced, maybe a little TOO fast, and maybe a little TOO defensively.
"Oh really? Then why'r'ya blushin' and talkin' all defensive?" Marine prodded some more. She had a huge grin on her face. I felt like knocking out one of her teeth, that was a figure of speech by the way, I'd never do that.
"Alright. Maybe I DO like her a little bit. But I don't know how she feels about me?"
"Yer jokin', right? You two were about to happily play 'face invaders' in the closet a week ago! She loikes you back. Which is fairly amazing in my opinion. She has never had a boyfriend before, or even a friend that was a male, or even another friend that was not me. At least from my limited knowledge of her past." Marine said.
"That can explain her hesitance in talking to me when I first met her. At least she was polite about it."
"Ya, she is very scared of being shunned or made fun of because of her fire-powers. Oi find it interestin' though."
"You find her getting shunned interesting?" I questioned, maybe slightly offended and hoping that it was not serious.
"Wha! No! I meant that her fire powers are interestin'!" She said. I nodded in apology. Misunderstanding.
"I am gonna go make sure she is ready, according to various time checks, we leave in 20 minutes. Finish packing Marine." I said. She nodded in response and I got up and walked toward the door. I stopped in the doorway and turned. "Where are you going to stay when we get back to my world? My place? Your own place? Or what?"
"Oi'll stay with you for a bit if its not too much. Then I would like to go hunt down my own peace of land. You live inland?"
"Yes. There are, however, many small islands I can drop you off at. And build a house at, or whatever you want to do." I continued. "Now I gotta go make sure Blaze is ready."
"Alroight, seeya in a few." Marine said non-chalantly, getting back to cramming clothes in a suitcase.
I nodded and walked out the door of Marine's room, then over to the kitchen, where Blaze could be seen... juggling?
"Umm, what are you doing?" I asked, she was juggling three items, the Sol emerald, an apple, and a knife? "Careful Blaze!" I said, concerned as I seem to always be for her safety.
"I was told that juggling objects sharpens focus. Cause it demands nearly all of one's attentions." Blaze calmly explained, leaning against the counter and looking up at the crest of where the objects were changing from going up to going down.
"Well don't drop a knife on you foot!"
"Sorry, it was the first thing I grabbed." Blaze said, catching the emerald and apple in one hand and the knife in the other. She sliced the apple in two and handed me half.
"Thanks. Are you ready for a really panicky set of parents?" I asked, taking a bite of the apple afterwards.
"Ya, they had better believe me too, they won't be happy about leaving if they don't have anything to bring with them." Blaze said. "If they don't come with us right away, they won't be gathering any belongings."
"That is true." I said, I almost mentioned we would take them by force if we had too. But that was for Blaze to think about. Not me.
"What if they don't believe us?" Blaze asked with concern.
"We take them by force, or leave them." I stated two completely opposing statements, I wasn't gonna sway her in either direction with this decision. It was up to her.
"We leave them." Blaze said, looking down slightly. That answer surprised me!
"Really? Are you sure?" I asked incredulously, forgetting that this was her decision.
"Well, they won't be supportive of us, likely try to force us apart. They really don't even like Marine." Blaze said with her head down.
"Hey, don't worry. We will save them, if there is one thing I know how to do, it is forcefully cram some sense into someone's head with persuasive words. I am quite the sweet-talker." I said matter of factly.
Blaze roller her eyes in response and sighed, giving an uncaring sarcastic face. She brought her head close to mine and spoke. "I think you're just plain sweet." Then, well, kissed me full on, on the lips! It was brief but certainly did not stop me from seeing fuzzy fireworks and almost passing out.
"That was nice..." I mumbled in response, Blaze giggled like a little girl.
"It was, next time you can return the favor." She said with a wink.
"Ok." I said. "Maybe we we should be getting ready for this event that is gonna happen." I suggested, this was really not the time for a make-out session. Maybe once we get home...
"Ya, we should. I think Marine should just about be ready by now, shouldn't she?" Blaze asked, she gave me an impatient face. I think she was ready to go. Then we heard some footsteps on the stairs so we turned toward the entrance to the kitchen.
"Are we ready to go?" Marine asked, stopping and stepping into the kitchen. She carried a brown suitcase that was crammed full, and another suitcase that had different objects of sentimental value. Mostly tools.
"Sure, we can chillax for a bit though, we do not want to arrive early, don't forget we have a five minute window." I said, trying to drill the process we would follow into their heads. "Also, We mustn't be late with what we do Blaze. We need to sync up to get to your castle and get your parents. Got it?" I said.
"Yes father." Blaze droned playfully.
"Listen girl! You better show me some respect!" I accused, pointing a finger at her. I was just joking around of course.
"Haha! I am ready Tails. Would you like to begin our 'syncing up'?" Blaze asked. I gave her a nod and she tossed me the emerald. I held it in my left hand and she held out her right to grab the emerald that same as me. I took a big bite out of my half of the apple. I motioned for Marine to grab onto my right hand like we had practiced. I bet your wondering what I did with my apple? I stuck it in my mouth of course and held it in my teeth!
Now this is where it gets interesting, and sort of fun! Both Blaze and I began to sync with the emerald. Now this was fairly easy and quick to do. But then we had to sync with each other through the emerald, that is where it got tricky. You see, as far as the transfer of Chaos energy is concerned, it was very picky. Everybody was different and transferred Chaos energy in a different way. The emeralds did not really care how it was transferred, as long as it was transferred. But our bodies did, they had their own way of transferring it, and it was always unique. There was no default way to transfer this energy.
So what Blaze and I had to do, was transfer it the same way as the other. In order to do so, we had to sense how the other was transferring it and compensate for what the other was doing. It was all incredibly difficult and it is troubling to put into words. But I will do my best by giving an analogy. I suppose it is comparable to trying to walk in sync, only much more difficult. Chaos energy is transferred in pulses, and that is what makes every way of transferring it unique. The rate of the energy pulsing. Thank god that Blaze and I were pretty similar in how we did this. So basically, as Blaze would transfer a pulse of energy, I had to do so at the exact same time, and vice-versa. Overall this took around 2 minutes or so, and when it did, some extraordinary things happened.
It was as if we could read the others thoughts, and we actually could! We could hear the others heart beat at the same rate, our thoughts were shared and our two minds became one. It was an amazing experience. In our minds eye, I fabricated my body as well as hers and we began to converse in floating blackness.
"Alright Blaze, we are synced up now." I said to her through my mind. "Imagine the castle."
Blaze gave me a nod and closed her eyes. The blackness around us burst into a pure white, and different objects materialized in front of me in various places. A ground even came to be and we gently stood on it. The castle itself assembled itself from thin air. Trees, grass, animals, a Walmart. Everything came to be from out of the blue! It was very stimulating. As all the different white splatches began to fill in with slashes of blue or white or green or any other color. Blaze's concentration began to dim and she opened her eyes once it was all completed.
She rubbed her hands together and held them up as if presenting something, and she was. "Welcome to the Sol castle!"
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That was a very good descriptive writing workout! Woohoo! It was also very fun to write as well, very stimulating. Great for expanding the imagination.
Tell me how I did with the POVing. Good? Bad? Don't care? I personally found it SO much easier to write that way than in third person.
~The Guy in the Background~