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"Mom!" Maddie felt more then heard Sonic coming inside, as he didn't waiste a second and sped inside, giving her a hug. Maddie, who had been slicing some tomatoes, smiled, placed the knife down to scratch his head. "Hi baby. How was school?"
"Great!" Sonic smiled brightly, before he laughed. "You should have seen Knuckles! The kids loved him!"
Right. Miles and Knuckles. It had been their first day. Maddie chuckled. "Really?"
Sonic nodded. "They kept climbing on him. And the teachers were so surprised with Tails!" He then laughed again. "They didn't know what grade to put him in!"
Right. Maddie hadn't written their ages yet, had she? Though, for Tails, she didn't think that mattered much.
"Hi Mrs. Wachowski!"
"Miles, you know you can call me by my name." Maddie chuckled, turning around to face her other two kids.
Three. She had three kids.
Tails now had a new backbag, still yellow, but with orange paterns and designs on them to resemble his tails. They somehow managed to convince Knuckles to wear a backbag too- black, with dark red edges. His eyes were wide. "This "school" you mentioned is different then I thought!"
"Knuckles broke his lunchbox." Tails giggled. Knuckles frowned. "The box of lunches held my food trapped inside! I had no choice but to free my meal."
"You were supposed to push the button, Knux." Sonic laughed. Knuckles turned to look at Maddie again. "I very much liked the grapes you prepared for me, Lady of Pretzels."
"Maddie." She smiled kindly at them. "I take it you had a good first day?"
"The kids seemed to.. like me." Knuckles seemed surprised as he said that, staring at his hands. "But kids are fragile."
"They thought Tails was soooooo adorable!" Sonic giggled, making Tails blush. "....they wanted to take me home."
"Fluffy teddy bear!"
"The citizens of "school" seemed to have a disagreement over who should get to take the fox home." Knuckles spoke, very carefully placing his bag on the counter. "They got upset when he came with us to your house."
"Our house." That still seemed to surprise Tails and Knuckles very much. Maddie quickly remembered. "Oh! Before I forget- Miles, Knuckles." Maddie held up some papers. "These are your school papers. I still have some blank spots."
"Oh! Can we help?" Tails asked. Maddie nodded. "I just need to know your ages, for now."
"...sixteen." Knuckles said after thinking for a second, having had a bit of trouble remembering. Maddie nodded, and wrote that down. "Miles?"
The answer almost made her fall over. "Eight!"
Both Knuckles and Sonic froze, staring at the innocent face on their friend. "....I'm sorry?"
"Eight." Tails smiled. Before he frowned. "....what?"
"..dude." Sonic blinked. "Those little kids who thought you were a walking teddy bear were eight. Those kids who kept climbing on Knux's shoulders were eight. How are you eight?"
Sonic had known Tails was young. He had the face of a child, afteral. But with how smart he was.. Sonic thought he must be atleast twelve.
"...is that a problem?" Uncertainty appeared on his face, so Sonic quickly shook his head. "No no! Just surprised!" And he scooped Tails up in a hug, making the fox cub yelp. "I knew my little brother was a genius- but this much?!"
"..." Knuckles just hugged Tails from behind. The kit frowned. "..Knuckles?"
"Precious child. I have been unfair to you."
"Wait- no you better not treat me the same way you treated those kids today!" Tails cried out. Maddie chuckled, writing the age down despite her shock.
The kid who she saw flying an airplane was eight? The kid who had been knocked uncioncious by rockets was only eight?
And she had thought Sonic was young.
As she wrote the ages down, her eyes slipped to their names.
"Miles Prower" "Knuckles the Echinda"
And then there was the name they had written for Sonic. "Sonic Wachowski"
"...hey, boys-" Maddie turned around to ask them about names. But they were already gone.
"I win!" Sonic cheered, holding up the wii controller as he cheered. Tails and Knuckles seemed dissapointed. "Okay but that cart wouldn't level up- I just gotta figure out with vehicle is the best.." Tails looked at his character.
"I have no understanding of this game." Knuckles declared, looking at the controller. He had almost broken it, but had pressed as softly as possible. He still didn't understand how Mario Cart worked. "Which one was I again?"
"Yoshi, Knuckles. The green dinosaur."
"Oh." The warrior was still trying to figure out how the controller worked. "And why am I trying to kill the other players with shells?"
"That- Knux." Sonic laughed. "The point of the game is racing. You want to become first."
"But throwing shells at others is dishonorable!" Knuckles frowned. "Cheating!"
Atleast Sonic had finally managed to convince him that no, the characters are not trapped in the TV against their will.
"And.. If thats the case. Didn't Tails already win with car-racing?" When he got the confused looks, Knuckles explained. "Our meeting. Fox was driving the car."
"....oh yeah!" Tails smiled. "Nah, that doesn't count! Besides, Sonic did most of the driving!" He got a starry look in his eyes. "That was awsome.."
Sonic snorted, feeling a smile spread across his face. It still amazed him how the fox had him idolized, and that while Sonic didn't even know he existed! Had Tom felt like that too? It felt awsome to know he was someone's hero.
Then there was a bang. Another one. The boys looked up, barely having time to brace themselfs as Ozzie suddenly ran inside, and jumped on the first person available- Knuckles.
The echinda's eyes widend. "The dog is attacking me! You traito- what kind of tactic is this?!" He screetched, making the other two laugh. Ozzie was licking his face. "He's giving you kisses, Knux!"
"..." Knuckles suddenly sat very still. Sonic frowned. "What?"
"The Lady of Pretzels said that kissing means love." Knuckles said, not daring to touch the dog in fear of crushing him. "Its.. nice. Am I supposed to do it back?"
"..." Sonic turned away to not burst into laughter, while Tails took the opportunity to take a picture. Before he smiled. "If you want! The same way Mrs. Wachowski did!"
"..." Knuckles gently pet Ozzie's head instead. "Good dog. We are friends now."
"Ozzie!" Tom came running inside, holding a leesh, and went still once he saw the scene in front of him. "Uhm."
"It appears that the dog wants to be my friend." Knuckles looked up. "Lord of Donuts, am I supposed to do anything in return?"
"..." Sonic's shoulders shook with laughter. He covered his mouth as to not make any sound. Tom couldn't help but smile, very much amused. "Tom, Knuckles. You don’t have to call me that. And nah. He likes you very much."
"It appears so." Tails noticed the leesh in Tom's hand, and looked up. "Were you gonna walk him, Mr. Wachowski?"
"Tom." Tom repeated, before he nodded. Tails' eyes lit up. "Can we walk him? Pleeeaaaase?"
"You just want to see if you can ride on Ozzie like Mario does with Yoshi." Sonic pointed out. Tails smiled a guilty smile. "....maybe."
Although he was very much amused, Tom still frowned. "I would love to let you boys, really, but its late. And there is supposed to be a storm, I would rather not risk it-.."
"I could come along." Knuckles offered, getting up, much to Ozzie's dissapointment. "I can protect the hedgehog and fox from any late night enemies."
"I'm sorry-"
"Besides, I would like to see what differences there are between walking on your own and walking the dog."
Tom thought about it. "....only because Knuckles is there."
"Yes!" Tails cheered, already getting up, and took the leesh. Tom looked down. "But you are wearing your coats."
"Aslong as I don’t have to stuff my tails in there like last time.." Tails whined. Not waiting for an answer, he ran to the door. Sonic got up aswel. "Only because Knuckles is there? Really, dad?"
"Dad". Tom loved hearing that word. "I'm sorry- Knuckles did not almost destroy our house twice."
"Yeah. Only once!" The echinda smiled. Sonic huffed. And Tom patted his head. "Sorry, bud. But we only left you alone for one day and you crashed Rachel's wedding with a snowstorm, unconcious fox, and claimed evil genius is back. So no."
"...fine." Sonic huffed again, flashing to the door.
"And no running in the rain!"
"Yeah yeah!"
Knuckles followed them, Ozzie behind him. Tom thought. "....you're only coming along to make Miles happy, aren't you?"
"He's a kid. I'm letting him be a kid." Knuckles spoke, gently petting the dog again. "I doubt he got to be on Mobius."
....what was that supposed to mean? Tom frowned, but didn't question it. Later. He didn't want to ruin the mood now. As Knuckles was walking, he stopped again. "..is there anything I am supposed to know?"
"Nah. Sonic can explain it."
The echinda nodded, slowely walking through the door.
"Don't forget to be back on time for movie night!"
"We won't!"
As a matter of fact, Tails could ride on Ozzie's back, as he was still small and light enough to do so.
Honestly, it was stupid how excited he got over this- the kid made inventions no one on this planet could dream of and could fly, but for some reason, riding on the dog's back got him as excited as the first time he tried mint candy.
In fact, Ozzie seemed to enjoy it too, running around freely, making the kid squeel with laughter, using both his tails as to secure himself on top of Ozzie. Even if it was raining, he didn't care. Besides, it was warm with the scarf and hat Maddie had knit him.
He was not the only one with these new clothes- Knuckles and Sonic wore similair hats and a scarf, all lovingly made by the one and only Pretzel Lady. Sonic had a warm smile on his face as he recorded his little brother having fun. It was odd, honestly, to see Tails actually acting his age. But not unwelcome. "Yes! You mastered another skill, little bro!"
"Thanks to you giving me the idea!" Tails laughed. Sonic quickly ran after him, laughing as he kept stomping in rain puddles.
Knuckles seemed content to follow slowely from behind, taking in all these new sensations. The rain, gently falling and dripping from the sky- and for once, not being cold at all. No, in fact, he felt very warm, staring amazedly at the new scarf he had. It was nice. Perhaps Maddie could teach him how to do that.. the moment he didn't keep snapping those stick things in half.
Too deep in thoughts, Knuckles hadn't even realized how much time had passed. So he looked up, seeing just how much darker the sky had gotten, and how much heavier the rain seemed. He looked back to call back his brothers- only to realize they were not there. They must have been having too much fun.
Knuckles grumbled to himself, starting to continue the walk they had been on, keeping look-out for a hedgehog, a fox or a dog.
If you asked Tails what happened, he honestly didn't know.
He had been having fun with Sonic when the rain had started to get bad. He had called back to the hedgehog- only to realize he was not there. Frowning, he had gotten off Ozzie, together starting their search. It hadn't taken long, as Tails suddenly saw Sonic running towards him, looking very annoyed. "So-"
"Keep walking, little bro." Sonic smiled, huffing when he heard more footsteps behind him. Tails looked up, seeing two human children Knuckles' age, one looking annoyed. "Where do you think you're going, freak?"
It was like a switch had been pressed, and Tails froze up, eyes going wide and hand suddenly slack. Sonic rolled his eyes, and took Tails' hand, not missing the way Tails flinched back the moment they made contact. "Ignore them. They're bullies."
"Thats exactly what a freak would say!" The other laughed, staring at the dog. "Look how pathetic, hedgehog! You're the same size as that stupid dog!"
Ozzie barked at them. Sonic pet his head, sending them a dirty look, and continued walking. "The fact that they have nothing better to do in their life says enough.." Sonic grumbled to himself, dragging Tails and Ozzie along with him. "They're from our school. Just ignore them, Tails." When turned around, the kids finally spotted Tails- or, more specifically, his extra one. One frowned. "...I thought foxes have only one tail?"
Trigger. Tails froze completely, and his namesakes poofed together as one. This time, Sonic did turn around, electricity lighting up between his spikes. Nope. He was not letting that happen. "Unlike your boring foxes, Tails just has something special about him!"
"Or weird.." the other one mumbled.
Ha. Ha. Hell no.
"....I am not Miles Prower." Tails softly whispered to himself, and took a deep breath. No. Miles Prower was the fox kit who lived in his old village, had no one, and got called a freak all the time. No. He wasn't Miles Prower anymore. He was Miles "Tails".. Wachowski? Yeah.. he wasn't Miles Prower. Miles Prower didn't have a family. Tails did.
Okay, that thought made him calmer. He looked up again. By now, both Sonic and the oldest kid were yelling at each other.
"You freaks don’t belong here!" They yelled, holding their arms high. Deep breaths.. "You're just.. aliens! How do we know you don’t work with that crazy robot guy?!"
"We defeated that crazy robot guy!" Sonic yelled back, eyes holding hellfire. "We may not belong here but atleast we are wanted!"
"Are you?" The other one asked, crossing his arms. "If you are so wanted, why are you not on your homeplanet?"
Deep breaths.. "I am not Miles Prower." Tails repeated to himself, trying to stay calm. He felt his furr stand straight when the first lightening strike hit, his grip on Ozzie's leesh tightening. "Sonic.. can we go home?"
His brother stopped shouting at that, and nodded. The other two started to laugh at that. "Pfff the freak is about to cry! Haha!"
"I rather be a freak then be a jerk!" Sonic spat, walking back towards Tails. "Lets go find Knuckles, bud. They're not worth it."
"Freaks!"
Lightening struck.
No no no, don't think about.. that. The way the crowd had called both him and Sonic freaks, over and over- He couldn't breathe.
Freak.
Freak.
Freak!
TWIN-TAILED FREAK!
His breathing sped up, but Tails didn't seem to notice, eyes wide with terror, arms shaking, and out of habit, tails poofed together as one. Sonic looked at him with confusion and worry. "Tails..?"
"I am not Miles Prower." Tails whispered to himself, trying to stay in control of his body and mind. "I am not Miles Prower." Sonic looked even more confused now. "Buddy..?" He took a step in front of him. "Hey.. how about we go home, huh? Thd rain is getting pretty bad!"
"I am not Miles Prower I am not Miles Prower I am not Miles Prower IamnotMilesPrower-"
Lightning struck.
Sonic was the first he saw, reaching out his hand to hold his hand again- but for a second, as lightening lit up behind him, Tails swore he saw a fox identical to himself, staring at him with angry eyes. Tails couldn't help his next reaction and freaked out.
"DON'T HURT ME!" he retreated at once, curling up as much as possible, tails curled around himself as he held up his arm to shield his face.
Needless to say, Sonic froze too, staring at the fox with shocked eyes, before he took a step back. And blinked. He could hear laughter behind him, which quickly turned into a shout as Ozzie bit the oldest as hard as he possibly could. Sonic would need to get him a treat later. He quickly turned his attention to the panicking fox on the ground, regonizing the hypervantilating and wide eyes as a panic attack. But..
It was scary. The way he had screamed and flinched back the moment Sonic- wait.
"Freaks! Freaks!" The humans kept calling, over and over. Tails had whimpered to himself, and taken a couple slow steps back. Sonic had not understood why, and gently touched his shoulder- not noticing the way Tails flinched harsly and gasped the moment he did.
...oh. Sonic now wanted to hit himself on the head. How in the world had he not realized?
"Don't hurt me"
...so someone clearly had done so.
"I'm sorry- I'm sorry I'm sorry." Tails' whimpering got his attention, and Sonic knelt down, still keeping his distance. "I didn't- I didn't choose-"
"Tails-" said fox flinched again, and Sonic hesitated. "...Miles. little bro? Its me. Its just me."
The kit hiccuped, and dared to open his eyes- having closed them tightly before- eyes widening when he saw the hedgehog. Sonic smiled. "Hey buddy."
Barking got both their attention, seeing Ozzie chase down those two morons- coming back with a piece of cloth in his mouth. Sonic scratched his head. "Good boy." He cooed, nuzzling the side of the dog's face, before turning to look at Tails again. Said kit was trying to breathe normally- failing miserably.
Sonic took a step forward- not missing the flinch, so he stopped. "Buddy? Please breathe calmly? Come on- in." He took a deep breath in, the same way he had seen Maddie do during her yoga, and held it until he saw Tails mimick him. "Out." He exhaled. "Again. In.. and out."
They did that a couple more times, until Sonic was sure Tails was breathing correctly again. He smiled. "Good- you're doing good. Alright. Wanna go find Knux?" Honestly, Sonic had no idea what he was doing, right now he just wanted to get the kit out of the rain.
"..." Tails nodded, and tried to get up- he was shaking. His tails still were still looking like one.
Sonic walked over slowely, making sure coming close wouldn't cause a freakout- before he took Tails' hand, squeezing it gently. Sonic could feel him squeeze back.
For once, he didn't mind walking slowely.
It didn't take long to find him, the guardian himself having been searching for the duo. The moment he spotted them, he got mad. "Where have you two been?! You just disappeared out of nowhere and the rain got worse!-"
"Shh." Sonic shushed, covering Tails' ears with his hands when the fox leaned into him with a whimper. Knuckles stopped, anger vanishing at once, replaced with worry. "...what happened."
"Bullies." Was all Sonic said, handing Knuckles the leesh. "Do you mind taking Ozzie home so I can run with Tails?"
"...I better get an explanation later." Sonic nodded, and the two quickly bumped their fists. Before Sonic picked up his little bro, and ran.
"Where were you?!" Tom yelled the moment he saw the door opening. Said human had just been putting on his jacket, both worried out of their mind. "You were gone for so long I swear you are in so much trouble!-"
"Shh." Sonic hissed again, clutching Tails even closer then he already was doing, both shivering from the cold. Tom stopped with his ranting when he saw the way the fox clung to his older brother. With how miserable he looked, Tom could guess something happened.
Maddie came running inside, looking just as mad as Tom had been two seconds ago- but that all vanished the moment she saw her kids on the ground. "Wh- oh, baby." She knelt down, taking off their hats, atleast. "What happened? Where are Knuckles and Ozzie?"
"Long story." Was all Sonic said, already taking off his jacket. Maddie was taking off Tails' clothes, watching him with worried eyes. "Knux is coming with Ozzie now. I just.. wanted to get out. As soon as possible."
"...come on." Not caring how cold her son was, Maddie picked up her youngest, who gave no protest, and took Sonic's hand. "Go dry up and put on some warm clothes upstairs until Knuckles arrives. ...would you like to continue movie night?"
"..." Tails just nodded, but nothing else. Maddie looked at Sonic, who mouthed "I'll explain later"
Once upstairs, Maddie gently set Tails on his now plane-shaped bed, and got up. "Do you both need help picking out clothes?" They shook their heads.
"..." Maddie sighed, smiled a bit, and got downstairs again. Once he was sure she was gone, Sonic closed the door off the attic.
"....Tails." Tails whined, and curled up. Sonic blinked, looking incredibly worried, and sat down on the bed besides him, close enough to hug if he wanted. "..."
"....sorry."
"Hey, no- none of that." Sonic said, leaning over, a bit surprised when he saw tears leaking down the fox's cheeks. He stared at his shaking arms with wide eyes, his ears drooped down.
"...you don’t like "that" word?" Sonic had no clue how to go about this. Tails just curled up further.
"...little bro. I want to help." Sonic started. "But I can't help if I don’t know whats wrong."
"..." Tails just turned around the slightest bit, before parting both of tails, having them curl around himself for reassurance.
"..." then he took a deep breath. "You know that.. my village.. didn't like, that I had two tails."
"..." Sonic nodded, waiting for him to continue. Tails took another shuddering breath. "It.. it was more then "not liking" or "thinking it was weird" I.." another deep breath. "..most adults believed that my mutation was bad luck." He flopped out.
"Mutation?" Sonic did not like that wording. He also didn't like the bad luck part. Tails nodded. Before he continued.
"..I had no one, growing up. I know I had parents- because I definitely remember my last name. But.. I can't remember my parents. I was.. alone." He stopped talking, trying not to think about how he used to starve. "And people in the village loved to bring them up. My parents.. left me. Because I am, in their wording, a "twin-tailed freak."
There that word was again. Sonic's eyes widend. "Tails.."
"People in the village just loved to call me that. Escpecially when I was.. younger." Tails curled up further. "They thought I was bad luck. I probably was, honestly. The older kids.. just loved to remind me. Escpecially with their fists." Sonic froze.
"..Tails. Did they hurt you?"
"..." the silence that followed said enough. The hedgehog tried to calm the electricity between his spikes with a deep breath.
"They would do anything to make me miserable." The fox continued. "Sometimes just straight up beat me, or stomp on my extra tail. Or hold me back while smashing my inventions in front of me- they loved that. But.. "twin-tailed freak" was always there. Or.. "Tails"."
"...Tails?"
"Remember how I said, that everyone calls me Tails?" Tails closed his eyes. "Everyone" was the people in my village. I thought that.. since everyone already calls me that.. might aswel own it. I got that idea from you, actually. With "The blue devil" "Blue Justice"." Tails smiled slightly, but it quickly fell again.
"..." then Sonic just pulled him into a hug. Tails froze, eyes wide.
"First off. I'm proud of you for owning it." Sonic said, and looked him in the eyes. "But still. Do you rather have me calling you Tails or Miles?"
"..Tails." The fox said after thinking a bit. "Its.. more a friend thing now. I like it."
"Alright." Sonic smiled, before he looked serious again. "Secondly: those morons have no idea who they were talking about. You are not a "twin-tailed freak" and your tails are not bad luck. They're different, yeah. But not weird. They're awsome. They make you you." Deep breath. God, he was turning out like Donut Lord.. not surprisingly.
"Three. I am so so sorry, little bro. I.. didn't know. And I can't understand how they could hurt you like that- but I promise you. I will never let anyone hurt you ever again." Sonic promised. "Your "parents" didn't deserve you. Nor did that village. But I promise- you will never be alone-" Sonic stopped when he realized the fox was crying again. And then just flung himself into the other for a hug. Sonic didn't hesitate to hug back.
"They aren't your parents." Sonic decided. "Tom and Maddie are. Just like how I am your brother. Knuckles is, too. Bet he would love to give those idiots a piece of his mind. ...actually, can I have their names? I have some rings I can use."
Tails giggled a bit, before it turned into a sob, so Sonic just held him tighter.
"And lastly. You are right. You are not Miles Prower." Sonic pulled slightly away, but still kept his arms around the fox as he touched their heads together, looking right into Tails' eyes. "You are Miles "Tails" Wachowski. Cause you are my little bro, right?"
"..." Tails buried his head into Sonic's shoulder again so that he didn't see him cry. That was fine. Sonic just hugged him tight, and gently scratched his ears. "And Maddie is your mom. Tom is your dad. Knuckles is your grumpy, less cool big bro who could never be as awsome as I am." At that, Tails giggled, making Sonic's smile grow.
And Sonic only held him tighter when he felt his buddies namesakes curl up around him. Just like the first night they had met, when Tails had unconciously covered him with his tails to keep him warm. Sonic had not understood, then.
But now, knowing everything the poor kid had to live with because of those tails.. he realized just how big of a thing it was. The fact the fox trusted him enough to be able to even wrap his tails around him.
And then he remembered more. The way his tails would instantly become one the moment anyone else walked into the room. It hadn't taken long for him to relax around Knuckles, but Sonic definitely noticed the difference whenever it was Tom or Maddie.
"My parents.. left me. Because I am, in their wording, a "twin-tailed freak."
"..." Sonic nuzzled the side of Tails' face, surprised when he felt a soft rumbling he hadn't felt before. He realized only a second later. Tails was purring.
He decided not to comment on it, and gently scratched his ears. Yeah. He's definitely becoming more like Donut Lord.
The peace was broken two minutes later, when they felt more then heard the door downstairs burst open and slam shut again, making them both jump with wide eyes.
"Lady of Pretzels! The dog has lost against me in our race!"
"....Knux is home." Sonic deadpanned, making Tails snort. Sonic pulled away, walking towards the closet. "Which shirt do you want?"
"The one with the plane!"
"...they all have planes."
"..oh yeah." Tails sheepishly smiled, before getting up, walking towards the closet too. He ended up in a white shirt with lots of planes on it. Sonic himself wore a grey shirt with some random text the author could sadly not come up with.
"Hedgehog, fox!" Knuckles yelled the moment he saw them both, meanwhile letting himself be licked again by the dog. He frowned. "The dog was holding a piece of cloth in his mouth."
"Oh yeah." Sonic grinned, and walked over to pet Ozzie's head. "Good boy."
By the confused look he got from Knuckles, Sonic quickly whispered to him what happened, making the echinda's eyes widen.
"....would Tails happen to know their names?"
"Sadly." Knuckles groaned, looking annoyed. "Hedgehog. Would you happen to have rings?"
Sonic had been about to answer, but shut his mouth when Tom walked inside from the kitchen, having overheard that last part. "What would you need rings for?"
"......nothing." Sonic smiled innocently. Tom turned his gaze to Knuckles, who hesitated. "..."
"...ugh." Tom huffed dramatically, placing the bowl of popcorn he had been holding in one arm. "Both my oldest, betraying me. Ouch." He then kneeled down and picked up Tails, making him yelp, and quickly cling to the human. "Let them keep their secrets, Tails. You're the new favorite."
"Hey!" Sonic crossed his arms with a grin. Tom just winked, before he turned to Tails again. "Teenagers. Too much drama. You are way more fun."
"..." Tails giggled, his namesakes uncurling again to look like two. "I think thats impossible with Sonic around. And I did take apart your microwave.."
Knuckles looked up. "Is that the tiny box that heates up food with the fire inside?"
"There is no fire in the microwave!" Tails huffed. Sonic walked out before anyone could notice, sneaking into the kitchen. There, he saw Maddie, putting some chocolate milk in a glass. She looked down when she heard the hero enter. "Do you need anything, Sonic?"
"Dog treats." Sonic grinned, already kneeling down. Once he got some, he got up again, walking towards the living room.. and stopped. "...hey, mom?"
"Hm?" Maddie looked up again, seeing her son smile at her with a gentle smile she hadn't seen before. "Tails' papers are wrong. We have to change them."
"Oh!" Maddie looked surprised, quickly grabbing her phone to write that in her notes for later. "What needs to be changed?"
"His name." Sonic grinned. "Its not Prower. Its Wachowski."
"...Miles Wachowski." Maddie liked the sound of that, and smiled. Sonic's smile became wider. "...actually, Miles "Tails" Wachowski would be better."
"..." the human smiled, and nodded. "And Knuckles?"
"I'll ask him later!" Sonic decided, walking towards the counter. He climbed up, got some mint-candies, and got down again. "Ozzie!!!" He ran.
"..." Maddie smiled to herself, and besides the new name for Tails, saved a second name too.
Miles Tails Wachowski
Knuckles Wachowski
Walking inside the living room with a tray of glasses and different drinks, she saw Sonic showing Tails and Knuckles the multible choices of movies they had. Cartoons, she realized. The movies he had declared he was "too old" for. After a second, she realized that was because of Tails. And smiled.
He was a great big brother indeed.