Chapter 23: Reunions Part 2

"Oh Jewel? She should be somewhere in this world too!"

Those were the nine words that Tangle absolutely needed to hear. After more than half a year of working so hard, waiting impatiently and overall just being a worried mess, Tangle finally got the confirmation that she had been waiting for.

"Jewel… is here?" Tangle asked.

"Oh yes, she had been staying with me since you all disappeared. She was absolutely wonderful to have around by the way, and wouldn't stop talking about all the things you've done for her." Vanilla explained. "Anyways, we were together when I got sent here, so she has to be around here somewhere!"

"But… she's here?!"

"Yes, yes she is."

Deciding to waste no time at all, throwing away all of the fatigue from the run, and all hesitation from what happened the week before, Tangle sprinted out of the room and hopped on her bike, before riding off into town.

"Jewel, here I come!"


Downtown Station Square

"Wow…" Jewel said as she looked around the sprawling city.

Having spent most of her life in a small village like Spiral Hill, she really wasn't used to being surrounded by such massive buildings.

Then, she saw something that caught her attention. It was a simple jewelry store, not too much different from the ones that she saw back home, but she couldn't help but feel mesmerized by the wide array of jewels on display there.

"Well, looks like something caught your eye." Said a voice from behind her.

"YEEP!" Jewel shouted as she hid behind a nearby street light.

"Oh, I'm sorry. I didn't mean to startle you."

"No no… it's fine… uh, would you mind if I asked you something?" Jewel asked.

"Yeah, go ahead."

This was the first human who spoke to her, so she took the opportunity to ask one of the two questions that had been nagging at her mind since she arrived in this world.

"Are you… related to someone named 'Eggman?'"

"That creep? I hope not!" The man said with a laugh. "Don't worry, Eggman is the only human like that here."

"O-oh! So he's here…" Jewel said.

Maybe… just maybe.

"So, what were you looking at in here?" The man asked.

"Oh, I was just admiring what they had on display. I love gems and jewels you see, and I just can't help it when I see a store like this." Jewel explained.

"Nothing wrong with that, this store does have quite the display. Might have a good anniversary gift in there… for next year of course."

"R-right…"

"…Say, how about I buy you something from this store?" The man suddenly asked.

"What? But wouldn't that be expensive?!"

"I'd like to think that I am doing well enough to buy you a little gift. Call it a nice welcome gift to our world!" The man explained.

"O-oh, but, I wouldn't want to impose…"

"It's not a problem at all little miss. Now, come with me and pick something out." The man said.

"…Alright…" Jewel said as she followed. "Oh, my name is Jewel by the way, what's yours?"

The man smiled. "Nelson Thorndyke, nice to meet you Jewel!"

Meanwhile, with Tangle

Tangle had just arrived in Station Square, and immediately got to work.

"Excuse me!" She said to a random man.

"Oh, you're Tangle right?"

"Yeah, listen, have you seen a Beetle, about this tall, has a really colorful shell?" Tangle asked. "Really hard to miss."

"Hmmm… nope, sorry, can't say I have." The man said.

"Alright, thanks anyway!" Tangle said as she rode off on her bike.

She continued like this for several minutes…

Until she heard a scream, followed by a gunshot.

"What in the world?!" Tangle said as she turned and headed towards the noise.

When she got there, she saw what appeared to be the end of a bank robbery, as the robbers were currently loading up the loot onto a van.

"Hey!" Tangle shouted before speeding over to the van.

"Oh crud! It's that lemur girl!" One of the robbers said.

"Book it!"

And the van began to drive away, but it was too little too late as Tangle launched herself off of her bike and onto the van.

"I guess Jewel is gonna have to wait a bit…"


Back with Jewel

"You really didn't have to do that…" Jewel said, marveling at the sapphire in her hands.

"True, but I wanted to." Nelson said.

"Ok, but why?"

"Well, do you know who Sonic is?" Nelson asked.

"Of course, he's a big hero back in our world… I guess that means he's here too?" Jewel asked.

"Yes, he is." Nelson said. "Sonic and his friends have done a lot for our world, my son in particular. So, I want to repay them by making as many people from their world feel as welcome here as I can."

"That… is a good goal to have." Jewel said.

"Something bothering you?"

"Well… I was wondering, you said 'Sonic and his friends'… right?" Jewel asked.

"Yes, that's right."

"Is… a girl named Tangle one of those friends?"

"The lemur? Yes, I think that was her name." Nelson said.

"Uh… do you know where she might be?" Jewel asked.

"Well…"

"HEY! WATCH OUT!"

"Huh?"

The two of them looked over towards the noise to see a van speeding straight towards them.

"AH!"

Nelson, deciding to protect Jewel, intended to shield her from the blow that was coming.

But it never came.

The two looked over to see something very familiar wrapped around the front of the van, as it slowed down to a stop.

"NOT! LETTING! YOU! GET! AWAY!" They heard a familiar voice shout from behind the van.

Jewel may not of seen her in over half a year, but she could never forget the voice of her best friend.

Eventually, the engine of the van gave out, and the robbers inside all got out.

"Alright runt, we're gonna make you pay for getting in our way!" One of the robbers said as he pulled out a gun.

"Try me…"

Tangle charged forward, dodging all of the bullets being fired at her with relative ease as she quickly closed the distance between her and the first robber. She then delivered a swift uppercut to the man's gut, sending him to the ground. Another robber fired at her, but she managed to catch the bullet in the fluff of her tail, before she stretched it out to knock out that man as well.

"Man, getting that out of there is gonna be annoying later…"

Just one robber was left, so she slowly walked over.

"So, we can either do this the easy way, and you turn yourself in, or the hard way, and I knock you out. I'm in a bit of a hurry, so please make it quick."

The man pulled out a knife.

"Ah, the hard way it is then." Tangle said as she ducked under the knife and delivered an upwards kick into the mans stomach before restraining him with her tail and swiftly pinning him to the ground, knocking him out.

Realizing that Tangle had won, the crowd watching began to applaud her.

"Whoo… now that that's done, back to looking for…"

"T-Tangle?"

Tangle turned to the voice, and was in disbelief at what she saw.

"J-Jewel?!"

The two of them just stood there and stared at each other, unsure as to what to do at this point.

Eventually, Tangle broke out into a sprint before she practically tackled the beetle and pulled her into a hug and began sobbing uncontrollably.

"JEEEEWEEEEELLLLLL!" Tangle bawled out. "I WAS SO WORRIED ABOUT YOOOOUUUU!"

"You were worried about me?! You were the one who disappeared with out a trace for over half a year!" Jewel said.

"I had no idea where you were, if you were alone or anything!" Tangle said. "I just… I just really missed you…"

"I… missed you too Tangle." Jewel said before pulling Tangle back in for a hug. "Wait, did you just stop a bunch of thugs?"

"Yeah, I've uh… been busy since I came here." Tangle said. "Come on, I'll give you the gist of it on the way to where I've been staying."

"I can give you a ride." Nelson interjected.

"Oh, your Chris' dad! I appreciate the offer, but my bike is around the corner over there, so we'll just ride back." Tangle explained.

"Your bike came here with you?" Jewel asked.

"Kinda, had to find it first." Tangle said. "Come on, I can't wait for you to meet the others!"

"Others?"

"Oh, you'll see."


"Ladies and Gentlemen!" Tangle exclaimed as she entered the room. "It is with my absolute pleasure to present to you, my bestest friend in not only this world, but our own! Ladies and Gentlemen, I present to you: JEWEL!"

She then slid to the side to show the group that Jewel was standing behind her, who gave the group a small wave.

"Oh, good to see you again Jewel." Amy said. "Tangle was really worried about you, so I am glad she found you!"

"…Huh?"

"I tried to tell you on the way here Tangle, I met almost everyone here before they went to help Cream…" Jewel explained. "She's always been like this…"

"Yeah, we can tell." Tails said with a laugh.

"Why didn't any of you tell me this?" Tangle asked.

"We did, you just kept on forgetting…" Amy deadpanned.

"…oh…"

"So, you found her, huh?" Sonic said as he walked into the room.

"Yeah, aaaaand I might of stopped a bank robbery in the process."

"Good work!" Sonic said. "We trained you well!"

"Thank you 'Master Sonic.'" Tangle said with a laugh.

"Ahem."

"And you too, 'Master Tails.'"

"Wow, you weren't kidding when you said they agreed to train you…" Jewel said.

"Told ya!" Tangle said. "By the way, did you know that Tails had TWO TAILS?!"

"Uh… yeah?" Jewel said. "I knew that before I met him…"

"…Huh?"

"Wait… did you not figure that out on your own?" Jewel asked.

"Uh…"

"Tangle… it was such an obvious nickname…"

"Sh-shut it! I just never thought about it is all!"

The group just laughed at Tangle's embarrassment.

"Oh be quiet!" Tangle said.

"Anyways, it looks and sounds like I missed a lot…" Jewel said.

"Oh don't worry, I have just the thing!" Tangle said as she ran out of the room.

She quickly returned with her notebook in hand.

"I've been keeping a log of everything we've been up to since I got here." Tangle explained. "I thought it might help you get caught up on everything."

"Oh wow, you really thought of that?" Jewel asked.

"Yeah, the idea just came to me when I found this notebook a couple of days after showing up here." Tangle explained.

"Thanks Tangle…" Jewel said as she pulled the lemur into a hug.

"Not a problem." Tangle said.

"Well, if you two are done, I have prepared quite the feast for to celebrate our little reunions we had here today!" Ella said.

"Oh boy! Just you wait Jewel! Ella here is a great cook!" Tangle said.

"I can't wait." Jewel said with a smile.

And so, everyone enjoyed a nice meal with their reunited friends and family.

End of Chapter 23


Jewel is here! She's gonna be around for a while, and we will be having a couple chapters focused mainly on her. In fact, next chapter will be another completely original one, and will be all about Jewel.

I think this is a good time to talk about Jewel's appearance in this story. It wasn't that important up until now, so I never mentioned it. While Tangle looks pretty much exactly like she does in the comics, Jewel's outfit is basically one of her outfits in her concept art. It's the one with the yellow shirt. I feel like it is a very good casual outfit, and since Jewel doesn't own a museum yet, I figured this is how she would look up until we get to that point. That is not gonna be in this story, and will be in act 2 or maybe even 3.

Anyways, next chapter is an original chapter taking place just two days later, focused a lot on Jewel, but we are gonna find out a lot more about both Tangle and Jewel's past in the next chapter. No need to watch any more episodes for this one! So I will see you next time for Chapter 24.