(NOTE, 9/10/11: This story is kind of old, guys. I'll be reworking it at some point, but at the moment, it is not an accurate representation of my writing ability. Go read Survivor's Resolve or something.)

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This is my first fanfiction, hope you like it! It has a lot of adventure in it, and it has the main cast of Sonic characters. And if you're a Sonic/Knuckles/Amy/Tails/Eggman/Vector/Charmy/Espio fan, you'll like this story!

Disclaimer: I don't own any of the characters mentioned above. They are copyright of SEGA. This story was typed by me and belongs to me. If you wish to use it, please tell me.

Okay, on with the story!

"Tails! Move!"

Tails jumped, narrowly avoiding the robot's missile attack. "Phew, that was close!"

"TAILS!" Sonic dove towards Tails and knocked him over, but reached his main goal of getting Tails out of the way of the robot's fire attack. Tails had a nasty knack of noticing the obvious yet not paying any attention to the rest of his surroundings. "What am I gonna do with you?" Sonic looked over at the young fox, who was lying on the ground with a pretty nasty looking gash on his left leg. "You stay here, I'll take care of that bucket of bolts!" With that said, Sonic sped toward the Eggman robot that dared to lay a finger on Tails, the usual smirk on his face. The robot was exceptionally large, but it moved very slow considering it hovered above the ground by using a half-circle shaped disk, not legs. Sonic had thought it pretty stupid of Eggman to make a robot without legs, as anything without legs would have a hard time keeping up with the world's fastest hedgehog.

Sonic jumped on the robot a few more times, destroying laser cannons and missile launchers. He was about to attack again, but suddenly ,came to a halt. The robot held a bomb above his head. You'd think he'd throw it now, right? But the robot just set it down and went around it toward Sonic. He could hear it ticking. It will probably go off in about twenty seconds, Sonic thought to himself. With that, he ran at full speed toward the robot and went into a spin dash. He blasted right through its chest, looped around and landed on the ground next to Tails who couldn't really move because of his hurt leg. He grabbed Tails by his right arm and ran, just as the bomb went off. As Sonic looked back over his shoulder, he could see that the field was on fire, but it would soon clear up. It was a good thing there were no people or buildings in the area. Satisfied with defeating yet another of Eggman's robots, he headed back towards Station Square, Tails hunched over his shoulder.

"Hey Sonic, why don't we just go to my workshop? I want to make some repairs and improvements on the Tornado anyway," Tails suggested.

Sonic smiled. He was used to this kind of thing; it was like Tails to often suggest going to the workshop. "Alright, but you'd better repair that leg of yours first."

"Don't worry, I will."

They arrived at Tails's workshop. "So, Tails, what kind of 'repairs and improvements' are you making anyway?"

"Well, for starters I'm gonna install a new engine, and then I'm going to make a new 'mode' for it. I'm gonna make an under water mode so we can go under water with it! Pretty cool, huh?" Tails said happily as he bandaged his leg. Sonic then watched as Tails started welding and screwing. Whenever he was watching Tails make some sort of repairs/installments/adjustments/whatever, he never really paid attention to what he was actually doing. But today he was examining what Tails was doing closely, and realized just how good of a mechanic he really was. Sonic couldn't imagine having to know so much about welding, measuring, calculating, screwing, or anything else related to operating a machine, at Tails's age. He found it amazing that at only age eight, Tails was just about as smart as a forty-year-old scientist. Sonic often wondered how Tails had learned this, especially since he had been with Sonic since the age of four; and Sonic hadn't taught him anything about mechanics. He didn't even know that much about mechanics. Maybe he had learned it as at tot…? But how could a three or four year old learn so much? Sonic had question Tails about this before, but always got the same response: I can't remember.

As Tails worked, the two of them just sort of talked for the next hour. Finally, getting a bit bored of just sitting there talking, Sonic stood up and headed for the door.

"Where ya going?" asked Tails. "I'm almost done."

"I'll be back in a bit, I'm just gonna take a run real quick."

"Alright." Tails watched as his friend raced out the door. I need a break too, now that I think about it. Tails thought to himself. "Ah, I got all night, I can do repairs and stuff later." With that, he walked outside in the cool evening air, and simply laid back in the grass. He thought about a lot of things in the few minutes he was out there, but mostly he thought of Sonic. Just like Sonic had been wondering how Tails became such a good mechanic, Tails was equally confused about how Sonic could run so fast. But a bigger question of his was: How the heck does Sonic stay so optimistic all the time—in an aggressive, sad, or even life-threatening situation? He wanted to be like that too, but no matter how hard he tried, it never seemed to work. He pushed that thought to the back of his mind for now, though. Then, he thought about everything that had happened that day. He remembered trying to hit the robot, failing every time. He remembered Sonic pushing him to save his life. He remembered being carried on Sonic's shoulder to safety. But not once did he remember doing anything that helped defeat the robot. "I wish I could help Sonic more. I always feel like I'm in his way, and yet he doesn't seem to have a problem with it."

"What makes you think you don't help me?"

"Wha…!" Tails jumped up. He didn't expect Sonic back so soon. He also hadn't said what he did for anybody to hear. Least of all Sonic.

"What's wrong, Tails? You help me a lot!" Sonic said, laying in the grass next to him.

"I don't know. It just feels like I'm either in your way or I'm in a situation that always has to bring you to my rescue. I just wish I could help you out more, and maybe fight my own battles. I'm not saying your butting in or anything, so don't take it the wrong way. It has nothing to do with what you're doing… It's what I'm not doing. I'm not strong enough, and I'm definitely not tough enough to beat another one of those robots."

Tails expected Sonic to say, "Sure you are!" but he didn't.

"That's okay, Tails. You may not be strongest when it comes to fighting, but don't focus on your weakness. You can fly, that's something I can't do no matter what."

"Yeah, but that's about it."

"… And you're smart, too! Especially when it comes to things like machines and computers. That helps out a lot when we're trying to figure something out about one of Eggman's robots. And you're not as bad at fighting as you think, you know. I've seen you do some pretty cool things with those tails of yours."

"Thanks, Sonic," Tails said, looking into Sonic's eyes with a very small smile on his face.

"You just keep up the good work pal. Don't doubt your abilities so much."

"Okay. Thanks Sonic."

"Don't mention it!" Sonic flashed him a thumbs-up, and ran off into the night.

"I owe you so much, Sonic," he said quietly to himself. He stared up at the stars and fell asleep within minutes.

"NO! Leave it alone! Keep away from that!" Tails yelled at him, close to tears. One of his favorite mechanical toys, that he'd invented himself, was being held by another older fox, who, like everyone else in that area, made fun of Tails for his love of mechanical things and of course, his genetic abnormality, his extra tail. "Please! Give it back!" the twin-tailed fox pleaded.

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"Ah—" The young fox's eyes filled with tears as the bully that was holding him so he couldn't stop the bigger fox from breaking his toy, let go of him. He took his broken item and simply kept walking through the forest. All the sudden, he felt a strong gust of wind, but it only lasted about three seconds. Tails looked up ahead to see what looked a lightning bolt zip down the forest path in front of him. "Wow… What was that?" Tails followed the 'lightning bolt' all the way to the end of the path that let out at a beach. "Wow!" Tails marveled at a beautiful red plane. Standing next to it was a blue hedgehog. Was that the 'lightning bolt' Tails had just seen?

Tails was about to go and say hi, but then said quietly to himself: "He looks like a 'cool' kid. 'Cool' kids hang out with other 'cool' kids. Everyone here that's cool thinks I'm a freak. I think I'll just leave him alone."

"You talkin' about me?" The hedgehog said, turning around and looking at Tails. "My ears aren't just for looks, you know."

Tails quickly covered his mouth and ran in the opposite direction along the beach. The blue hedgehog, however, ran in front of him and blocked him off. Tails stopped so fast he tripped and fell. Some so called 'cool' kids, and even their parents, who were watching in the background, laughed at him. The teenage hedgehog kept advancing towards Tails, and he kept backing up.

"Relax, little guy. I won't hurt you."

That's what they all say, Tails thought. This kind of thing has happened to me before. They all just play nice and then the next day I end up with dirt in my face and fingers pointed.

All the sudden, Tails simply reached out and grabbed the blue hedgehog's outreached hand and stood up.

"Are you okay?" the hedgehog asked.

Tails just moaned and walked away, as people were still staring and laughing at him. Seeing the young fox's cheeks turn pink, the hedgehog again blocked off Tails's path. "Don't worry 'bout them. Don't worry about what they think. It doesn't matter. They're not cool. The cool people are the ones who will help you up when you fall!" he said with a wink.

From then on Tails new that he was different. He wasn't like all the other people here. Slowly Tails's embarrassed look went away.

"I'm Sonic. Sonic the Hedgehog."

"I—I'm Miles Prower. But my friends call… er… you can call me Tails."

"You don't seem to be a chatty type."

"Well… I sort of get made fun of a lot… I like to build stuff, even my toys I built, so they all make fun of me. But the biggest reason is because I have two tails. They all call me a loser and a freak. I'm sorry if I seemed nosy Sir, but you were so fast. I wanted to see if I could keep up with you long enough to see what you looked like."

"Hey, we're cool. Just call me Sonic though, alright? You don't need to call me Sir or Mister or anything. I'm not royalty, here."

"Yeah. Okay. Hey, so do you wanna be friends?"

"You bet!"
"Hey Sonic, thanks for being so nice to me."

"You don't have to thank me, Tails. You deserve to be treated like everybody else."

"Wow. That dream seemed so real. Everything was exactly as I remember it. Man, I really do owe Sonic. He's done so much for me. If it weren't for him, I'd still be a homeless wimp wandering around in that forest. I have so many more friends now, too. And the least I can do is actually put some effort into helping my hero!"

The time to prove himself to Sonic couldn't have been better, for just then, Amy came racing up to Tails. "Help! They're gonna hurt Sonic! You HAVE to fly to Angel Island now! We need Knuckles's help!"

"Where is he?"

"He's fighting a robot!"

"So, what's new with that?"

"Well, first off, they're on a big dock right near the ocean, and to make matters worse—" but that was enough for Tails. He cut her off and thought to himself.

"You have to help Sonic… Think… I got it!"

"What?"

"Amy! Listen to me! Go make sure Sonic's okay, but don't get yourself into any trouble. We don't have enough time to get Knuckles. I know he's a good swimmer an' all, but Sonic could be drowning by then. But we don't have any more time to waste."

With that, Tails twisted his namesakes and flew towards his workshop as fast as he could. "I'm glad I made those improvements last night…"

Meanwhile, Amy was running as fast as her legs could carry her (which isn't saying much) towards the edge of Station Square, where Sonic and Eggman's new waterproof robot, E-202 Hydro, were fighting. Hydro was about a foot taller than Sonic, and had arms, legs, and a body. Pretty typical.

"Muahaha! E-202 will end Sonic for good!" Came the familiar voice of a fat, egg-shaped man (three guesses who). "Use your ice attack and freeze that hedgehog!"

E-202 fired a special type of water at Sonic that was so cold it would freeze the second it made contact with something. Naturally, Eggman once more gave himself away by telling the robot out loud what to do, and Sonic heard it. He dodged the ice attacks easy. Then he charged up and made a straight beeline for the robot, making a clean hole right through its center.

"Another day, another failure, Eggman!" Sonic said insultingly.

However, Eggman's eyes were off to the left, staring at something. Sonic couldn't quite figure out what it was he was staring at. He was looking that way and didn't see anything. Unbeknownst to Sonic, though, Eggman had thrown a Chaos Emerald towards his robot while Sonic was looking the other way. It had been a trap so Eggman could use the emerald to keep Hydro alive.

Of course, Sonic didn't discover this until it was too late. The robot had froze Sonic with another ice attack.

"SOOONNNNIIIIICC!" Tails came racing toward them at top speed in the Tornado. He launched a power ring from the cockpit and it hit Sonic right in the chest. Sonic absorbed the power of the ring, and, almost effortlessly, broke through the ice.

"Hahaha… NOW SHOW HIM YOUR BIG SURPRISE, HYDRO!"

Hydro launched a net over Sonic, and extended its arm with a spring, hitting Sonic hard across the face, knocking him into the water.

Amy gasped. "SONICCCCC!"

"Don't worry Amy, I was ready for this! Tornado Transformation! Initiate Submarine mode, now!" The Tornado changed form a bit, but still looked more like a plane than a submarine. But the special 'repairs and improvements' Tails had added last night made the plane waterproof, and also put a window over the seat where Tails was sitting. To top it all off, there were emergency oxygen tanks available just incase they were needed. "YES! It worked! Here I come, Sonic!" Tails did a 270-degree loop in the air and dove down into the water.

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