The New Tails

         After getting dressed, Tails leaves Amy's room in search of Sonic.

         Sonic spies Tails, and immediately starts to run away screaming, with Tails calling after him. After six or so times, Tails begins to get pissed off. On the seventh time, he angrily and sternly shouts, "Hold it right there, Sonic!"

         Realizing that he may have overstepped Tails' patience, Sonic stopped and turned around, a wary look on his face. "What is it Amy? I have a bit of an emergency, here."

         "Saving them small birds does not count as an emergency. More are shot for food each hour, whereas I have a real emergency on my hands."

         "Is it an 'emergency' like last time?"

         "Last time?"

         Yeah, don't you remember?"

         "...No."

         "I certainly do." Sonic muttered.


FLASHBACK ▼

         "So, is it like that?

         "Oh! No, it isn't." Tails stated matter-of-factly.

         Thank the lord! "What's up then, Amy?"

         "Well, first off my name isn't Amy, it's Tails."

         "Wait, what?"

         "Second of all, I'm a guy."

         Sonic screamed. "A man has been chasing me all this time?"

         Sigh "No, actually. Third, I'm not madly in love with you."

         Sonic sighed in relief.

         "Fourth, I'm a master engineer."

         "But that's Tail's job!"

         "Speaking of which, is this 'Tail' person a pink hedgehog?"

         "You should know that."

         "If my guess has any truth to it, then yes."

         Sonic gasped, feigning surprise. "How did you know?" He asked, voice dripping with sarcasm.

         "Okay, I think I figured it out. You may want to follow me for a minute." Tails led Sonic to a nearby bench, and stood facing the bench, while Sonic stood in front of Tails.

         I sure hope that I'm right. "I'm from a different version of this world, exactly identical in every way-"

         "So, you're from a parallel universe?"

         "Yes. As I was saying, identical in every way except for a few things:
One, in this universe, I'm in a girls body.
Two, I'm in the same place that the 'Amy' in my universe was in.
Three, this 'Tail' person is the 'Amy' from my universe, though I haven't observed their personality yet, so I may be wrong.
Four, you're my brother - metaphorically speaking.
Five, both Tai-"

         "I'm your brother? But..." He trailed off, realization dawning in his eyes. He suddenly sat down, averting his gaze from Tails. "But... that's Tail's job..." He murmured quietly.

         "Precisely. Anyways, both 'Tail' and I, as you knew us, are... were in the other body in my universe. I have 'Tail's' history, and he has 'my' history. I think what caused this was a strange blinding white light. It overtook me while I was repairing the Tornado (after a fight with Eggman), and I passed out. When I came to, I was in 'Amy's' room, wearing 'Amy's' clothes. I immediately went to find you to get help, but you kept running away."

         "Well, A- I mean, Tails, that explains why... er, Amy has been acting very unlike himself, and talking to Cream and Cheese all the time, and waking up in the middle of the night screaming for me, and asking where her hammer was, and asking me..." He trailed off again, completely stupefied that he didn't realize it before. "This will take some getting used to..." He muttered to himself.

         "What should we do, Sonic?"