Hello! I've had this idea brewing in my head for a while and it's about time I got it down to paper. This is going to be a very short story that takes place after Sonic Generations. (2-3 Chapters at the most) that I hope you'll enjoy!

Temporal Fissure

Countdown

Time Until Zero Point: 0 Years, 0 Months, 0 Days, 2 Hours, 8 Minutes

"I can't do this... I can't do this, I understand it's been lots 6 years but, I just don't feel like I've had enough time…"

He sighed to himself, "I mean, I don't know what they're all going to think, if they'll even believe me… What about Sonic, what will he think…"

He remembered a time when the watch on his wrist had read almost six years, the utter hopelessness he had felt at the time, how he'd never get to see everyone again. Now, he was less than an hour from it and he was terrified.

He had done everything to avoid being followed, but now, he was going to have to undo all of it within a matter of minutes. The leaves in the tree he was nestled in the top of shook as a gust of wind blew past. His one tail dangling behind him acting as the most extreme example of what he had done to conceal himself.

"Just tell them the truth, it'll all be alright, introduce yourself as Miles and go from there, that's something you can use to prove who you are!"

It was true, very few of them had learned his actual name instead of using his nickname. Just thinking about it he could still feel the root of what used to be his second tail twitch in sync with the other behind him. He checked his watch again.

Time Until Zero Point: 0 Years, 0 Months, 0 Days, 2 Hours, 5 Minutes

He sighed in exasperation; this was going to be the longest two hours of his life…

-X-

Time Until Zero Point: 0 Years, 0 Months, 0 Days, 1 Hour, 1 Minute

"Well, this is it… They're all here, except for Sonic that is… I'm getting emotional just seeing them again. Hold it together Miles, you have one job here, don't blow it!"

The fox allowed his mind to wander for a moment, "It's funny, I'm going to be the oldest one here, just a year over Sonic's seventeen… I figure it's nice that nobody bothered to look up here… I can just relax…"

He couldn't relax however, as he found himself focusing on the others, he hadn't seen them in so long and it was nice to hear their voices again. Comforting almost…

Suddenly, he heard a voice, it was his younger self's, he was seemingly out of breath. "He'll be here, any second!"

Sure enough, about five seconds later, Sonic arrived. Miles couldn't contain his emotions at seeing his surrogate brother again, he wanted nothing more than to run up and hug him. He wiped away the tears in his eyes and tried to set aside his emotions. As the group below him continued with Sonic's Birthday Party, oblivious to the temporal disruption that was set to occur.

-X-

Time Until Zero Point: 0 Years, 0 Months, 0 Days, 0 Hours, 2 Minutes, 23 Seconds

"Not long now…" Miles thought to himself, "Eggman should be arriving soon…" The fox was having trouble keeping his focus and found himself wandering off during the time that he should have been paying more attention. But it was almost time now, time for them to go on another adventure…

A thick purple and black smoke materialized near the partygoers below him, instantly, Miles' watch confirmed to him that there were now two time anomalies present in the area, one of which being himself. He tightened his grip on the tree branch that he sat on as a strong vortex of wind began and pulled everybody into small time portals that would result in them being scattered across space and time. After they had all been captured, the wind ceased and the smoke vanished, living Miles to his own devices. He quickly checked his watch.

Time Until Zero Point: 0 Years, 0 Months, 0 Days, 0 Hours, 0 Minutes, 0 Seconds

Time Until Return: 2 Minutes, 19 Seconds

To him and Sonic at the time, the adventure would feel like days, especially with two of them wandering around, however from an outside perspective, it was only a couple minutes. It was a few minutes to prepare himself mentally, luckily, the only other Mobians to climb up this tree were both the past versions of himself, that was going to be his key to explaining his situation to everyone… The eighteen-year-old fox stretched out his back, his stump tail still felt odd, it had been four years since he sliced it off and it still felt weird to only have one.

He tightened the brown scarf around his neck, he had started wearing it when he had gotten older because it better complimented the dark fur tips on his ears. He sighed and started to mentally prepare himself for what was ahead.

As the return timer neared zero, dark vortexes began to appear and eventually, they released the entirety of the contents they had absorbed earlier. Additionally, there were two newcomers among them, the past variants of himself and Sonic. The group discussed what had happened but eventually, returned to their celebrations.

As they celebrated, both younger variants of himself began to play tag with one another, constantly darting and flying to avoid one another. Eventually, the middle-aged fox flew up into the tree leaves, and rather than passing through unharmed, he was grabbed by a set of hands and held in place. He tried to yell out but found his mouth had been covered, looking back, Tails found himself face to face with a fox unlike himself.

"Alright, just keep calm, and be quiet, I'll explain everything." The elder fox began, Tails nodded, and the hand was removed from his mouth.

"Who are you?" He asked, but quickly was cut off by the older of the two of them, who performed the same maneuver on the youngest fox, who had followed Tails up into the tree.

"Alright," The oldest one began. "We're going to need some way to differentiate us…"

The middle aged one of the three immediately perked up, "Well, we're already calling me Miles, and the younger version of me Tails. How about Skye?"

The eldest nodded, "Skye sounds great, alright, let me explain what's happening here… I'm you two from the future, kind of, I'm actually you." He pointed at Miles. "But six years older because of a glitch in space time, one I'm here to correct. You see, this adventure screwed with time and space, causing each of you to experience it twice. One when we were six, and again when we're twelve six years later."

"Makes since, because of the face that there's a past and future version of me here…" Tails responded, the young fox was curious and trying to take in every word of what was being said.

"Right, so Tails, you're the six-year-old version. Miles, you're the twelve-year-old. And I'm eighteen, now, how I got like this, there's a time portal that's set to open in a few days that brings Tails and the past Sonic back to their normal time, however, in order to close it, it also needed someone from Miles' time. Miles, it was either going to be you or Sonic, and you let yourself be pulled back six years into the past."

"Which is why you're here…" Miles responded, "You're that version of me…"

"Exactly! I'm trapped here because that event created a time loop, I'm here to fix that once and for all…"

"So, where do we come in?" Tails asked.

"I need to get close to the portal to close it, the issue being that I haven't seen any of the others here for six years…"

"Why, what stopped you?" Miles asked.

"Time paradoxes, if they saw me, it could have irreversibly effected the timeline. I did everything to stay hidden, I even cut off one of my tails to make sure I wasn't identifiable…"

At this statement, the other two foxes did notice that one of the extra appendages were notably absent, a small stub was all that remained as evidence of its existence.

"That's why I need you guys…" Skye continued, "I need your help to get them to trust me. Please, I need you guys. You have to trust me on this."

"I already do, I've always wanted Skye as a nickname, you accepting it just proved to me who you were." Miles responded, "I'll help!"

Tails nodded in response, "I'll help too!"

"Thanks guys," Skye replied, letting a grin cross his face. "Now, I guess I'll leave it up to you two to not make it so they all have a heart attack when they see me."

Miles nodded and descended the tree with his younger self, Skye took a deep breath. "You can do this; you can do this…"

The foxes below him called everyone to attention as they began to disclose the idea of time paradoxes to the group, eventually they wanted to know where the conversation was heading, and they asked everyone to prepare themselves for what they were about to see. As they did, Skye waited a moment, before jumping down from a lower tree branch to the grass down below. He nervously smiled at the rest of them before everything broke into total chaos. Amy was quick to prepare her hammer and was ready to strike at the intruder. Before anybody could act however, the two younger foxes stepped interrupted. "GUYS! Let him explain!"

Eventually they all quieted down and Skye began his explanation he had given to the other foxes. After he was done, several questions began to be asked at once and he started trying to pick out some specific ones to answer.

"Tails, what happened to you bud?" Sonic asked.

"Call me Skye Sonic, and I was stuck in the past for six years. I barely allowed myself any contact with anybody for those years, I missed you guys and I'm here to make sure that it never happens again."

Silver was next, "Skye, I hope you know what you're doing, messing with time can have some serious consequences."

"I'm not messing with time Silver, I'm fixing it… Eggman is the reason I'm here, and I plan on fixing it."

The hedgehog nodded and Skye continued answering questions.

After a while, Shadow brought up a very important question. "How exactly do you plan to fix all this?"

Skye removed a small circular device from his belt, "With this, it's something I've created that when activated, it'll purge all time anomalies in the area, causing them to become unstable and fall apart. Sadly, this includes myself, but I've accepted that."

"Nice to know you've thought it through," Sonic responded. "Do you need to stay with us?"

Skye smiled, "I'd love to. Thanks for the offer."

"I mean, older or not, you're still Tails. I figured it was the least I could do."

They all talked late into the night, with Skye trying his best to communicate with the others, it had been forever since he had seen any of them and it was noticeable. Eventually, they all retired to their homes, with Skye tagging along with his two past selves and both Sonics.

He decided to sleep on the couch and eventually, he managed to fall into a deep slumber, finally able to relax after the chaotic events of the day...

Alright guys, that's all for the first chapter, I hope I didn't confuse you guys too much...

Here's a name breakdown:

Tails – 6-year-old Classic Tails

Miles – 12-year-old Modern Tails

Skye – 18-year-old Future Tails

I hope to see you guys soon!