CHAPTER 1: TOUR GUIDE SONIC
In which Sonic and Tails take a little tour across Apotos' Windmill Isle before Tails goes away for some work he needs to get done.
Tails carefully maneuvered the Tornado across the green plain in Windmill Isle looking for a space to land. He started to descend when he noticed a large patch of ground with no grass on it, and smoothly landed on it after some moments. He turned off the engine of his plane and sat still for a while before he stretched and peeked out from the cockpit.
From a distance he could see someone come towards him, which caused him to smile with anticipation, because he knew who was approaching his way. His friend, hero, brotherly figure, whatever positive: Sonic. And that distance was soon shortened, since some moments later the hedgehog already slowed his pace to approach Tails in his plane.
"Sonic, you did it!" Tails cried as he hopped out of the biplane and landed in front of Sonic, "The whole planet it's back together, and there have been no more reports of Dark Gaia still roaming around the world!"
"Really? That's sweet!" chirped Sonic with a bit of pride, "I guess that long fight after DG had its perks." he shrugged.
And it wasn't just the battle that was long. His (rather forced) wanderlust never allowed him to get any sleep. If much, he got to rest for a couple of hours, but now the hedgehog felt like just falling asleep right where he and Tails were. That dirt and grass looked quite comfy. No, everything looked comfy. But of course he tried to hide that fact for now.
"Say, what about you and I go sight-seeing in the town?" Tails pleaded.
"Um, sure! Sounds like fun!" Sonic replied.
And with that, they took off.
And by took off I mean walked across the grass plains, because none of the two felt like moving so fast (what is this trickery?!)...
=*-*=O=*-*=
The two friends were standing in front of the Ice-cream Man's stand, ordering to Sundae Supremes.
"Believe me, they taste really good!" Sonic chirped.
"I don't doubt that, it's already looking delicious and the man is just halfway done!" Tails blissfully replied, then looked at Sonic a bit more seriously without losing his smile, "Changing topic, what's that thing in your wrist?" he asked.
Sonic raised his arm and studied the amulet, "Oh, this? Chip gave it to me after we won against DG," he explained, "I don't know what's its purpose, maybe it's one of those friendship bracelets everybody likes to wear these days... with a mythical twist, of course." he kept on ranting as he poked the orb embellishing the bracelet.
Soon after Sonic finished his speech the ice-cream man handed them their orders, to which Sonic and Tails thanked him and continued their path.
=*-*=O=*-*=
"This place is so awesome, I'd wish I had more time to see it!" Tails exclaimed before nibbling on his ice-cream.
"Aren't you staying?" asked Sonic, a bit saddened.
Tails sighed, "I wish I could, but Professor Pickle wants me to help him move his stuff all the way over to Spagonia again..." he shrugged, "His lodging in Shamar was temporal, apparently."
"Well," Sonic replied, taking a bite (or lick?) off his ice-cream, "Why don't I show you one of the best places to sightsee in this place? I can assure you it won't take long!" he offered.
"That sounds fun! But since I still have one or so days to spare, why don't we stop at every point of interest along the way?" Tails added.
"Deal!"
And again, the two continued walking, laughing along the way.
=*-*=O=*-*=
As the day progressed, the two friends talked about their adventures of the days when the Earth was split, visited many parks and gardens the town of Windmill Isle had to offer, and ate some goodies along the way. At the end of their tour, Sonic and Tails climbed some stairs to reach a little plaza in the top of one of the highest hills of the island. This place overlooked the entire town as well as the sea and other neighboring islands.
The sun was setting, and the lights of the lampposts in the village began to flicker and alight the place. In short, the two friends reached the plaza at the perfect time of the day.
"Wow, this place looks amazing!" Tails chirped, but then frowned a little, "I forgot my Miles Device to take a picture of it..."
Sonic laughed, "Heh! Don't worry! It's not really something you need a picture to remember about it." he shrugged.
"Yeah, I guess you're right." Tails confirmed as the two leaned their arms in the rails of the little wall that kept anyone from falling.
Some silence was shared along the two, until Sonic spoke again:
"You know? I'm kinda glad I don't have to hide at sunset anymore."
"Huh?"
"You know I turned into a Werehog every night, right? So at sunset I had to hide from anyone," he yawned, "But since that version of me is gone, I don't have to worry~" he chirped.
"Now that you say it, I'm kinda glad too..." Tails added.
Sonic turned to see him, "You are?"
"Yeah! Oh- I mean: I knew it was you, but it's just that, you kinda creeped me out. Those arms, the hair, the fangs... everything, you really seemed out-of-place."
The hedgehog felt a little bad about knowing his friend felt that way about his incident. But who was he to worry? Dark Gaia sucked out all the energy that turned him into the Werehog at night, and since he didn't feel any pain when the sun completely disappeared it was obvious it was temporal. So that minor offense wasn't really supposed to be taken seriously.
"Yeah, it was odd." Sonic shrugged and looked back to where the sun had left from.
=*-*=O=*-*=
Some more silence ensued before Tails looked at the moon, "O-Oh, I should probably get going by now!" he eeked, taking his arms off the rail and looking around the plaza. Sonic removed his hands too and walked around with him. "Too bad we had to take the long path..!" he kept ranting to himself.
Sonic stopped following Tails around the place and instead peeked out from another side of the plaza, "Hey Tails, your plane is down here!" he said, making Tails peek out from that side of the plaza, too.
"Ah! I already noticed!" Tails joked, then looked back at Sonic, "Thanks for... helping me find my way back, hehe."
Sonic smirked, "That's what I'm here for!" he chuckled.
"Say, do you want to come with me?" Tails asked, "Amy has prepared a Welcome Back party for you since yesterday."
"Amy?" Sonic frowned a bit, "Um, I think maybe giving her more time to prepare the party would be better. And you guys are moving back to Spagonia, so why bothering wasting so many time on a party on Shamar?"
Tails frowned a bit, too. Sonic always seemed to be a bit apathetic when it came to talking about Amy-related stuff. The hedgehog still treated her as a friend, but he always seemed to like to be a bit away from her. Maybe Sonic was still stuck with the "EWWW, COOTIES" mentality of when they were children... or was it something else?
Tails shook his head, "You're right," he agreed, "But since we may take some time to pack everything and unpack it back at Spagonia, I may take a while to return for you... Is that OK?"
Sonic made a face, "Hmm... That doesn't sound so bad," he shrugged, "Besides, I kinda need some rest."
"It shows." Tails joked, which made Sonic laugh a little too. Afterwards, Tails twisted his tails and used them to propel himself off the floor, "See you in a week?"
"Sure."
"Okay," Tails smiled, "Goodbye, Sonic!" he bidded as he slowly flew to his Tornado.
"Goodbye aswell! And take care!" Sonic bidded, as he too walked away from the place they were in.
A/N: Are you liking it so far? I decided to make the chapter longer and more descriptive as opposed to the prologue and many other fanfics I have made.
I should note that this is because I'd like this story to be long. Like, very, VERY long.
Anyways, I hope you enjoyed! And thanks for the first fave already!
