No need to be waiting for a long time. The second chapter is being published alongside the first one. Now we learn where Aaron disappeared to.

Chapter 2

The Change

That same mourning Aaron was waking up from sunlight falling across his uncooperative eyes. He slowly opened them to look upon the gem he found yesterday shining brightly in front of the window on the far wall. Wait a minute… he and Sebastian did not have the walls painted blue. This wasn't his dorm. He sat up and looked around the room, ignoring how he felt strangely different with himself. As he did this, he noticed that he had been sleeping on a Temper Pedic, which explained why he felt so comfortable.

Aaron looked at the other side of the mattress, and nearly fainted. Lying there was a giant, anthropomorphic, cobalt blue hedgehog. It was still asleep, but was facing him. It freaked him out that something like that could exist. He slowly got out of the bed, grateful for the memory cell mattress, and slowly crept over to the door. While he was doing this, he took a step and for some odd reason felt a sharp pain spike near his rear end. He screamed out in pain, jolting the hedgehog creature awake.

Sonic's POV

When I heard the scream, I almost instinctively curled up and spin dashed whatever had broke in. I turned towards the source and saw a yellow fox standing there with his left foot placed on top of his tail. He must have stepped on it while he was walking. He looked incredibly similar to my buddy, and the differences between this guy and Tails was that this one looked a lot older, had only one tail, and his eyes were heterochromic, the left eye being grey and the right one the same shade of violet as Knuckles' eyes. The effect was really beautiful, and if I was gay, or female, I would definitely ask him out.

He looked at me fearfully, but remained stationary. He quickly closed his eyes, as if not seeing me will make me go away. "Hey, how did you get in here?" I asked him. He quickly opened his eyes and looked around, but slowly turned back toward me. "What, is there something on my face?" I asked again. He looked surprised at this, and tried to back away, but still kept that one foot on his tail. I tried to move over to him, but he held out his hand as if signaling he needed to have space.

"STAY AWAY FROM ME, YOU FREAK!" he screamed at me. I was deeply hurt by that, but did not say anything. He then looked at his hand in shock, and held up his other hand, examining it as well. He proceeded to look over himself, feeling his head, back, finally lifting his foot off of his tail, and saw his reflection in the mirror behind him. He pinched himself for some reason, but when he looked at his reflection again, he began to anger. He turned to me and stomped over, grabbing me at the chest and pulling me in close.

"WHAT DID YOU DO TO ME!" he yelled. I stared at him in confusion. "What do you mean?" I asked. "What's wrong with-"

"Look at me!" He screamed. "I'm a freaking fox! Why did you do this to me?" I still had no clue what he was talking about. I then notice the Chaos Emerald sitting on the bedside table. He was a human transformed by the Emerald? I needed to explain that whatever happened was not my fault.\

"Please, let explain. See, what happ-"

"Don't make excuses with me! Change me back now!"

I just hung there, staring into his eyes. "I had nothing to do with-" "You can not lie to me! Last night I was in my dorm at Evergreen University as a normal human, and then the next mourning I wake up in your bed as a canine! WHO ELSE CAN POSSIBLY BE RESPONSIBLE FOR THIS YOU FREAK OF NATURE!"

"Listen to me, I had nothing to do with your transformation! You can't blame me this!" The human-turned fox stared at me evilly, and a mischievous smirk crossed his face.

"You look rather tasty, hedgehog." He simply stated. I stared at him in horror. "Wait, what-"

"I wonder what meat tastes like raw." He licked his lips appreciatively. I could only struggle as he stared hungrily at me.

Tails' POV

The screaming coming from Sonic's room had quickly woken me up. I hastily put on my gloves and shoes and headed for my brother's bedroom to find him being held hostage by some fox that looked fairly similar to me except for the eyes, number of tails, and age. He was staring at Sonic like he was going to eat him, and that was heavily supported by his next statement; "I wonder what meat tastes like raw."

"I won't let you find out off of him!" I yelled at him. He slowly turned towards me, and I saw the stunning effect his eye colors had. The mixture of violet and grey was beautiful to look at, and felt highly remarkable.

"Nice eyes." I complemented him. He looked shocked at the statement, then looked depressed. He soon became angry, and dropped Sonic onto the ground.

"DON'T LOOK AT THEM, YOU HEARTLESS EVIL FREAK!" he screamed at me. He pushed me out of the way and ran off. I looked after him in confusion, then turned towards Sonic, and noticed the Chaos Emerald on the bedside table. Sonic then explained what he had pieced together about the fox. I took the Emerald from the table and headed out of the room. I found the fox on one of the couches, hanging his head in his hands, and I could hear him crying a little. I took a seat next to him, and placed a hand on his shoulder. I decided that maybe he would trust me a little more then he would trust Sonic since he is of the same species as me know. He didn't turn to me, but kept his face hidden in his hands.

"What do you want, jerk." he bluntly stated. "Have more insults for the discolored freak?"

I was greatly confused by his remark. Why would I want to insult anything about him? "Of course not, what the heck is there to insult?" I asked him.

"Don't play dumb with me, you've already insulted it once. Just go ahead and throw everything you have." I was surprised at this. He thought that I hated his eyes?

"No, I really meant what I said. I like them."

He continued to hang his head, refusing to look at me.

"You shouldn't lie to people like that. No one likes this mismatched freak show."

"How can you say that? They're beautiful, I honestly like them." He still wouldn't look at me, so I decided it would be best to change the subject. I explained to him that the Chaos Emerald had caused him to become a fox, and (after explaining to him what the Chaos Emeralds were) he finally turned his head towards me. He had tears in his eyes, but look perfectly fine. I introduced myself to him, and gave him Sonic's name.

"What's your name?" I asked him.

"It's Aaron. Aaron Skyhart." He responded.

"Pleasure to meet you, Aaron." I replied happily. "Do you have anywhere to stay?"

"Well, I have a dorm at Evergreen University, but…" He looked down at himself and understood his problem. He's not human anymore, so would the staff even recognize him?

"Well, if it means anything, you can stay with me and Sonic."

"What?"

"You deserve the shelter."

He pondered the decision for several minutes until finally uttering something.

"Well, okay, but you guys owe me a pair of sunglasses."

"Why?"

He indicated his eyes, and I quickly understood the issue he has; he hates his eye colors.

I told him that I would go out to purchase a pair for him, and he thanked me for our hospitality. Aaron would be using the guest room, so that way, Sonic would be able to sleep in peace. That night, Sonic and I decided that we would introduce Aaron to the others tomorrow. He would need the familiarity.

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