Cheese looked down upon the gem with great curiosity, but dared not to go near it, knowing what it had just done to the chao's best friend. Cheese turned to the direction that Vanilla had headed and followed her through a hallway, its tiny pink wings propelling its body towards the desired destination. Cheese found both Vanilla and Cream in Cream's bedroom. Cream was sitting on her bed, practically crying, her belly hanging past her knees like an overstuffed plastic bag. Vanilla was sitting next to her, trying to calm her down.
"Don't worry Cream," Vanilla assured, "I'm going to give Tails a call and see if he can reverse the effects, ok?"
In between sobs, Cream muttered, "Ok." She turned to her mother for a hug, which Vanilla returned. The embrace only lasted for a few seconds, as Vanilla stood up and walked out of the room, passing Cheese.
Cheese flew slowly towards its friend, looking at Cream with confusion riddling its face.
Cream placed both her hands on the round mass that was her belly and said, "I...That gem...look how fat it made me!" In a sense, Cream was wrong; the gem didn't make her fat at all. Granted her belly had increased to a large and awkward size for someone as small as her, no other part of her body had been affected by it. In order for her to be considered "fat", she would have needed the rest of her body to be enlarged in a similar fashion to her belly, which didn't happen. If anything, she looked pregnant, but whether or not there was a baby growing inside her was still worth a question.
Cheese finally reached Cream, who softly grabbed the chao and cuddled it in a loving manner.
Vanilla stood in the living room, rarely ever taking her eyes of the blue gem which sat on the floor. She reached into her pocket and pulled out a cell phone. Frantic, but focused, she quickly pressed the buttons on the phone and made a call. She brought the phone up to the side of her face, awaiting an answer. After a few sets of rings, she got her wish, which was Tails on the other line.
"Hello?" Tails asked.
"Oh, thank goodness!" exclaimed Vanilla, "Tails, Cream found a gem outside, and it's done something to her!"
"Woah, slow down." said Tails, "What happened?"
Vanilla took a deep breath, "Cream found a gem from outside. When she brought it in and showed it to me, it began glowing, and then her belly started expanding."
"It what?!" Tails blurted out, "It glowed, and then Cream's belly began to grow?!"
"Yes!" Vanilla panicked.
"I'll be right there!" Tails answered, "I think I know what this is!"
"Oh, thank you Tails!" said Vanilla, even though Tails had already hung up.