"Ugh, I set it to go ahead 20 years instead."Tails annouched, as the machine stopped.
"Will it make a difference?"Someone asked.
Tails shook his head."Probably not." They hoped he was right."Where are we?"
MAnic climbed out. Their was a large palace nearby."Dudes, I feel like I've been here before."
Sonia and Sonic both nodded in agreement."Tails, mabye you sent us to the past."Sonic stated, considering the fact that this could be the long overruled palace of Mobotropolis.
Tails checked over his controls"Nope, we're in the future."
Out of no where, a light, light blue hedgehog, with insainly dark green eyes came towards them. "Whoa! Is that a time machine?"He asked, as the others got out.
"Kid, your parents ever tell ya not to touch stuff like this."Manic asked, knowing who powerful wires were that the boy, about 11, was standing by.
"Yeah, my best friend Whirls always messing with this kinda stuff. I'm Dash by the way. Short for Dashald, but never call me that!"Dash annouched, as his cellphone began ringing wildly."Hello? What Ana?... Shaine... Hehe, he didn't like that paint over his door too much, did he?... I'll be right home. Later Ana."
Cyrus didn't look happy."Somethings wrong."He fumbled with some controls."The machines broke."
Everyone looked like they were either going to fait, scream, or go into complete and udder shock.
"We're stuck here!"
Amy screamed, reaching for her hammer."Amy, calm down! They'll have this fixed by the time we finish what we came for."
Cyrus found the problem,"Not until we get a new control panel. It'll take us forever to find one."
Sonia attempted to hold her friend back,"Amy, didn't you wonder what the future would be like?" The violent pink hedgehog began to calm down.
"You guys can come hang out at my place til you get it fixed."Dash suggested.
"Why not?"Sonic said, as Tails attemted to get the time machine to drive. He parked infront of the house Dash stopped at. He was pretty speedy, traveling at about 300 miles. To everyone's surprise, he stopped in front of the palace they'd seen earlier.
A purpley pink hedgehog, about Dash's age."Shaines gonna kill you! Then Maria's gonna kill him. 2 funerals for me to attend."
"Zip it Ana, Anyway, I've got friends over so don't bug me."
"Who?"She asked, retieing her short hair into the ponytail, and pulled back her headband. The 9 introduced themselves."Dash, you do know--ow!"Her brother elbowed her.
"I know Ana, shh! Well, guys, this is my twin sister Ana Sofia."
"Hey."Ana replied, smiling. Everyone followed them in. A dark colored hedgehog, wearing a black hoody, with red stripes down the sides of the had his hood pulled up.
"Dash Miles Hedgehog, did you write your will yet?"The boy asked, his arms crossed.
"Shaine, what makes you think I put that bucket over your door?
"Because if it were Maria, the paint wouldna been blue!"
"SHAINE!!!!!!"A high pitched voice screamed."Where is it!?!?!?"A fushia hedgehog, wearing high heeled shoes and a floorlenth hot pink dress,"Wheres my cell phone?"
"Who are they?"Tails asked.
"That's my cousin Maria, and her twin brother Shaine. They're the two most disagreeable hedgehogs on mobius."Dash replied."The only way this could get worse is--"He was cut of by someone banging on the door.
"Dash my love! It's me! Bijou-Tiara!"
"NO! Anyone but her! You gotta help me hide!"
Amy watched as the little hedgehog raced franticley around the living room, attempting to find a hiding place"Who's Bijou?"
"This annoying little tabbycat. She follows me EVERYWHERE!"
"Lemme guess,"Sonic started,"She follows you around everywhere, wants to marry you, and tries to kiss you alll the time?"
"Exactly!"He exclaimed,"But worse! Much worse!"
Ana got up form her seat on the couch, and opened the door. Dash crawled under the sofa.
"Hey Bijou! Dash is hiding under the couch."Ana let her in, and suggested they go meet the last two of the 6 kids that lived in the castle. Rocky and Alyssa.
"Rock-KEY!"The 7 year old squirel whinnied"Thats not how Mommy makes toast!"
The older, green hedgehog looked annoyed."Ally, there's not that many ways to make toast!"
"Rocky!"Ally whinnied more."Mommy's always right!"
"Ally, Ma and Pa arn't god."
"Yeah they are! They can do anything!" Rocky shook his head. He knew better.
"Hey Rocky, small fry."Ana annouched, as she introduced whispered something to both the two, and they went back to their arguement.
Back in the living room, four other kids had arrived. Two girls, one seedian, with fox ears, and a pink top with jeans, and a dog and lion mix, with blond hair with orange two boys were a fox, with greenish white fir on the tips of his two tails, who was cuddled beside Maria, who'd changed into normal clothes, and another lion, a year younger than the rest. Bijou had left, after Dash got away.
Maria had introduced her boyfriend as Lewis, but everyone cooled him Whirl, becuase of the way he flew. The girl lion, Shaines best friend, was named Miley, and her little brother was named Nolan. The seedian girl was named Rosalie.
Someone else knocked on the door."Guys?It's me and Tucker!"A soft voice called.
"Emerald!"The three hedgehog boys gasped excitely, shoving each other on the way to the door. Rocky won, and greated a pretty bat girl and a taller girl looked about 14, but they said she was only 11 and a half, like the others, and her brother was a year older. Tucker seemed pretty proud of himself, a bit vain, while Emerald, or Emma, as they called her, was shy and modest, wearing a japenese school girl outfit, and bag with a novel or two in it, most likely Twilight, or one something Jane Austin.
Dash had brought in chillidogs, which everyone but Sonic himself avoided. The two ate the entire plate within a few minutes. Ana muttered something under her breath. The other two hedgehog boys were talking with Emma, though she mainly only payed attention to Rocky. Poor Miley stared lovingly at Shaine.
"She's in love with him, isn't she?"Sonia asked Maria.
"Yeah, always has been. Shaines to blind to see it. Mama says Daddy didn't know she loved him til they were like, almost 18. Or at least, she was almost 18."
"Who are yr parents anyway Maria?"
A flash of panic crossed of Maria's face,so she changed the subject,"Shadow could you pass the popcorn!"
"You can't say anything Mar!"Ana whispered.
Miley and Nolan were talking to Cyrus, about some sort of technology, while Whirl showed Tails his blueprints for a new rocket. Shaine piled Shadow with questions about the ark, and Miara and Sonia went on and on about fashion. AMy and Ana got along great, Ally though Manic and Sally where incredible, and Rocky thought they were OK, compared to his idolizing sister. Sonic instantley noticed that Dash was alot like him, about 4 years ago. He also noticed that big headed, dedicated Tucker reminded him of someone in perticular. And did Emma ever familliar.
