Hello everybody, I'm back! And with the fourth oneshot! This is a continuation to "A Walk into Brotherhood". In this one, six more characters're gonna make appearances! And a returning character, plus, one'a the six characters, some'a ya have been waiting for. Yay! Here's hoping it'll be enjoyed. Thanks to HealingHearts24, SmurfyFriend, UKsLaster, peachy author and TatlTails for their support ^^

A Walk to a Friends

Bang, bang, bang!

Tails sat in his footie blue pyjamas on the kitchen floor, holding two wooden spoons in his hands that he was using to hit the large pot that sat upside-down in front of him. Tails had woken up early and had climbed out of his bed over the rails, thanks to the help of his twin-tails. Seeing as though Sonic was still sleeping, he just decided to keep himself occupied for a while until Sonic woke up. Obviously not knowing how to make breakfast, Tails just rummaged through the cupboards and found a large pot. It rolled out and made a cool noise once hitting the floor. Using two big spoons he found in the drawer, he began to bang the pot. "Twinkle, twinkle, little star, how I wonder what you are. Up above the world so high, like a diamond in the sky. Twinkle, twinkle little star, how I wonder what you are." Tails sung to himself. Tails had heard the tune on TV before on that kid's channel Sonic always put on for him. With his surprisingly good memory, Tails had memorized majority of all the songs that he had heard.

Bang, bang, bang!

"Huh-what?!" Sonic jumped, bolting up in his bed. Looking around, he calmed down seeing he was just in his room. The clanking noise had disturbed him, jolting him awake with a start. But now being awake, he identified the sound. "Pots?" Sonic questioned, pulling the covers off him as he got out of bed. Quickly, he pulled his shoes on that always sat next to his bed and made his way to his door. Opening it, he followed the noise to the kitchen where he saw his little brother. Sonic had to chuckle to himself. Of course Tails would be able to get outta bed. Maybe he should've gotten higher rails, but he didn't see what good that would do as Tails would still be able to fly over them unless they were touching the ceiling.

"G'morning buddy," Sonic greeted. Tails stopped his playing for a moment to greet Sonic. "Good morning," he smiled, and then continued to bang the pot while singing. "Brown sugar, apple sauce, spices, flower, put it in the oven for half-an-hour. Bake bubble, bubble bake, apple pie is fun to make!" Sonic looked over at Tails, seeing how he was singing those rhymes. He had heard the song before, just the other day when Tails was watching Max&Ruby.

Sonic stretched out his arms and yawned, walking over to the cupboards as Tails began the "ABC" song, and pulled out a box of cereal. He knew that kids Tails' age could have cereal. Taking out two bowls, Sonic made them their breakfast. "…next time won't you sing with me?" Tails sung, finishing the last of the ABC song. Sonic placed both bowls on the table, then suddenly grabbed Tails having him drop the spoons. "Airplane!" Sonic smiled as he held Tails high. Making 'whoosing' noises, Sonic 'flew' Tails over to his seat at the table. Sonic was actually right about Tails liking planes, because he actually liked them, a lot. Once Tails was seated, Sonic took his seat and proceeded in eating his cereal. Breakfast went by quick and Tails wanted to continue his playing, but Sonic suggested a bit of TV.

Tails shrugged and agreed, walking over to the couch where the remote was. He switched on the TV and began to watch the morning cartoons that were on. Sonic sighed with relief as he took the two bowls over to the sink to wash them. Before he could turn on the water, the phone rang. Sonic raised a brow, never did he really have callers. Normally it would be one of his few friends, minus Knuckles who was isolated on that island of his, so that pretty much just left Amy. Sonic walked over, answering the phone. "Hello?"

Tails looked over at Sonic from his seat on the couch in the living room. He was watching Barney at the moment when the phone rang. Somewhat listened in as Sonic talked on the phone, but he didn't really say much. It was actually whoever was on the other line that was doing most of the talking.

"That's great news!" Sonic smiled, talking into the phone with Amy. It had been two weeks since they had gone shopping with Amy, and in those weeks, Amy had come over to babysit Tails as Sonic suddenly had to leave the house. Tails wondered why, but Amy said it was something 'big brothers' had to do. Tails missed Sonic in those long hours he would leave, but Sonic had always returned with a present for Tails being good. Tails now had three books and many other toys, including some building blocks he had a habit on leaving around the house. Tails thought maybe Sonic had to leave again as he usually left the house after he heard something on TV or got a call – but Sonic seemed happy this time, so it couldn't be.

Hanging up the phone, Sonic looked over to Tails. "Hey bro, wanna take another walk?" Tails tilted his head to the side, confused. Where were they going today? Tails was actually happy to go seeing as he hasn't been out of the house in two weeks, minus running around the front or backyard. "Why?" Tails asked. Sonic couldn't help but smile, walking over to Tails. He sat on the couch beside the kit, switching off the TV.

"Amy just told me that our friend, Miss Vanilla, had a child yesterday! You can have a friend now. Miss Vanilla is inviting everyone to her house to meet the kid. Wanna go?"

Tails looked at Sonic, trying to sort this out. He'd never met Miss Vanilla but has heard of her, and he's never had a friend before…well, minus now Sonic, Knuckles, and Amy. After a short term of thinking, Tails nodded. "I wanna go see the baby!"

Sonic grinned. "Great! But let's get cleaned up first. I washed your gloves so you can wear 'em now." Sonic said, getting up off the couch with Tails behind him.

The two walked their way to the Rabbit's home. Tails now wore his turquoise shirt with the big white T on it – it was his favourite shirt. He wore his old gloves that looked new along with those shoes Amy bought him. The two brothers had to walk back into town since Miss Vanilla lived in the civilization. Tails never really knew why his brother isolated himself, but seeing how loud it was in town, he thought he knew why – Sonic liked quiet. Probably for those naps he took in the afternoon.

There were many, many homes, but the two turned the corner to a much wider street that was less noisy. It was actually peaceful ignoring the limited cars and few children playing outside. The house was nothing big, but it was bigger than Sonic's home in the Mystic Ruins. The two walked down the walkway of the home leading up to the door.

"I wanna ring the doorbell!" Tails said happily. Tails enjoyed pressing doorbells, or anything that made tunes.

"Maybe we shouldn't buddy, what if the baby's sleeping?" Sonic said, reminding the kit. Tails thought a moment, placing a tiny gloved finger to his lips. "I guess I'll just knock." He said. Spinning his tails, Tails lifted himself to Sonic's height, then softly knocked before landing on Sonic's head for fun.

The door opened to reveal Amy. She smiled to the two brothers. "Hey guys, come in." Amy greeted, motioning the two to enter. Sonic walked in as Amy softly closed the door. Arriving inside, they noticed Knuckles was there already, sitting on the couch in the living room. Sonic reached on top of his head to grab Tails and pull him off, placing him on the couch. In the living room, a young pleasant rabbit sat on a rocking chair in the far corner of the room looking into the cradle next to her. The cradle was basket-looking, a white colour with a big bow at the top, pulling back the curtains. Tails looked at the mother rabbit with wide blue eyes. The rabbit was wearing a long plain, pink dress in slippers. She had big brown eyes that looked very friendly and caring. She looked over to Amy who walked over next to Sonic and Tails.

"Sonic, it's been awhile. It's nice to see you again." The rabbit smiled.

"It's good to see you too, Miss Vanilla." Sonic grinned. Miss Vanilla looked over to where Knuckles sat, or to who was sitting next to Knuckles. Her smile was warming, "Is that the little toddler Amy told me about?" Vanilla asked even if she clearly knew the answer. Sonic looked back at Tails, "Yep, this is my baby brother, Tails." Sonic introduced. "Tails, this is Miss Vanilla."

Tails looked at Miss Vanilla shyly. "Hi Miss Vanilla…" he said, holding one of his small smiles. Vanilla giggled at Tails, "Hello sweetie…how old are you?"

"Two…"

"Two? Good for you dear." Vanilla said, looking back at the cradle. There was a bit of fussing heard from within the cradle which got Tails curious. Vanilla looked over to her newly arrived guests, "Would you like to see the baby, Tails?" she asked. Tails nodded shyly. "Come," Vanilla said, gesturing for him to come over. Tails looked over to Sonic who nodded his head approvingly. Tails slid off the couch and walked over to the cradle that was way too high for him. Vanilla bent down in her chair and lifted Tails onto her lap, not being distracted by his twin tails since she was warned of it by Amy. Sonic came over too, being told by Amy the baby was just adorable and Knuckles even nodding. Sonic peered in as Tails did too.

Inside the cradle was a newborn rabbit. She was defiantly a girl, being dressed in a pink jumper. She had her mother's fur, but hers being much, much shorter. Tails looked at the baby, amazed. She was so cute. Suddenly, the baby moved, opening her eyes to reveal she had the same big brown eyes as her mother…friendly and caring…

"She's adorable," Sonic said. Vanilla smiled, saying 'thank you'. Tails looked over his shoulder to Vanilla, his eyes curious. "What's her name?"

"Cream," Vanilla replied.

"Pretty name," Tails grinned. He looked back into the cradle and mused, "A pretty name for a pretty baby." Vanilla held her smile, thinking to herself about that comment. Just then, another knock came at the door. "I'll get it," Amy offered, getting up off the couch and walking over to the door. Opening it, she welcomed whoever was there.

"Whose here?" Knuckles asked from his unmoved spot on the couch.

"Miss Vanilla, it's your friend." Amy noted, allowing whoever was there, into the house. In walked a young crocodile and a young chameleon that held a blanket. (I know in Sonic X Tails and Cream said they've never seen Vector before, but I thought that since Vanilla seemed to know him pretty well, they could've been friends now and even Vector said 'Our old pal Sonic' which means he'd known Sonic before and Sonic even knew their names, so…^^)

"Vector," Vanilla happily said, standing up but still holding Tails in her arms. The crocodile, called as 'Vector', came closer to the rabbit.

"Vanilla, as lovely as ever," Vector said politely. Vanilla managed a giggle. Vector looked to the kit in her arms, a little confused. "Erm, is this the kid?" he asked her. Vanilla began to chuckle once more, "Oh no Vector, this is Sonic's brother, Tails. My child is in the cradle." Vanilla explained having Vector become less confused. He nodded embarrassingly, rubbing the back of his neck. Vanilla looked over to the other child that had come with Vector. "Espio, you can sit down if you want." Vanilla informed.

"Thank you Miss Vanilla, but Charmy doesn't like that."

"Charmy?" Vanilla questioned.

"Who's Charmy?" Amy asked. Espio walked closer with the blanket in his arms. He turned it over slightly to show an infant bee. The bee's eyes were wide open, an amber colour as it had the smallest antennas on its head, but what caught most eyes was the little bee charm that was clipped on the visible parts of the bee's clothes, mostly covered by the blanket.

"Well, don't you two make a cute couple," Knuckles teased, pointing at Espio and Vector. The two stared daggers at the echidna which caused him to raise his hands in defeat. "Kidding!" (No, I don't like slash)

"Where'd you two get a baby anyway?" Sonic asked, walking over to get a better look at the infant.

"Actually, we found him at the park. He was curled in this blanket on the bench." Espio informed. "We couldn't find his parents after two days, so we kept him. We named him 'Charmy' because he had this little bee charm clipped on his blanket." Vector added. (The badge Charmy wears on his jacket anyone?^^)

"Bah!" Charmy whined. Espio struggled to keep hold on Charmy as the bee squirmed. "He's a real hyper kid." Espio stated the obvious.

Amy crossed her arms, "Why's everyone finding babies but me?"

"Hey yeah, so this is your brother?" Vector mused, pointing to Tails while eying Sonic. Sonic placed both hands on his hips. "That's right," he replied.

"Hi baby," Tails said, pointing to Charmy.

"Ah!" Charmy said, wriggling in Espio's arms. Espio sighed and just unwrapped Charmy from his blanket revealing him wearing a yellow footie which had the small bee charm. He also wore a small black helmet. Annoyed and a bit nervous with his squirming, the chameleon just placed the bee on the floor. Surprisingly, Charmy began crawling right away which was shocking since he seemed awfully young to do so.

"Um…a helmet?" Knuckles asked. Vector shrugged. "The kid is so hyper. Just yesterday, he ran right into the hallway table knocking over a lamp, papers, and the phone. I got him a helmet just to be safe." He explained. Knuckles just rolled his eyes and leaned back into the couch.

"Ama!" Cream whined. Vanilla walked over to the cradle and picked up her new daughter. She looked over to everyone in her living room. "I got some tables set up outside. Just a little celebration." She said sweetly. On her permission, everyone made their way outside.

The backyard was nicely spaced with soft green grass and a white fence boarding the property with a few bouncy balls lying around. There was a long patio set, set up near the door and few extra chairs. Placed on the table was a tray of treats and sandwiches. Vanilla sat down in one of the chairs with Cream in her lap. "Make yourselves at home." She smiled to her guests.

"Want something to eat, buddy?" Sonic asked Tails as he took a seat. Tails shook his head. "I wanna go play." He informed. "Alright, go play then." Sonic said. Tails nodded, running off into the yard. Although there wasn't much to do, he would make up his own game. Plus, Tails apparently had Charmy to play with him since he was already crawling.

Everything was calm. Charmy and Tails sat in the grass, rolling a ball back and forth to each other. The 'older' Mobians were sitting at the patio table, talking or eating. Cream was mainly the centre of the chatter as the rabbit girl looked around at everyone who surrounded her. Everything was peaceful. Even the sky was almost cloudless, allowing the sun to shine brightly.

"Cream is just adorable! I love her!" Amy said, looking down at the infant. Cream seemed to smile, reaching a hand out to the pink hedgehog.

"She looks just like her mother," Vector commented, eating a sandwich. Eating the last of it, he added, "Sweet and beautiful."

Vanilla let a small smile light her blushing cheeks. "Thank you, Vector."

"Oh Sonic! Isn't Cream the sweetest?" Amy asked, leaning rather dramatically on the blue hedgehog. Sonic nodded, "She sure is cute." He admitted.

"So Sonic," Vanilla began, "how is it with Tails?"

"It's fine. Easier now that I know what to do," Sonic replied.

"And you, Vector?" Vanilla asked.

"Wild but good thing is, the kid sleeps at night." Vector answered.

"Well, I think it's wonderful and perhaps when Cream is a bit older, Tails and Charmy can come over? The three could have play dates." Vanilla suggested.

"Yeah, OK." Sonic replied simply. "Tails could get out of the house more. He's always stuck at home because I'm either fighting or sleeping. And, uh, his tails prevent him from going in public places."

"Well I think he's a loveable child and I'd love him to come over." Vanilla said kindly.

As they engaged in the conversation, the sun vanished having darkness crawl over in an endless shade. Amy looked up, confused. "Huh? What's going on? Is it going to rain?" she wondered, looking up into the covered sky. Just looking into the sky, you saw the problem. There was an all-too familiar flying fortress right in front of the sun, blocking its rays. Sonic and Knuckles made fists, ready for who was exiting the fortress. A door to the fortress opened, having another familiar figure appear in his floating chair.

The figure was who we all know as Eggman. A bald professor with a potato nose and a frizzy mustache. He was overweight and sitting in one of his million creations. He smiled evilly, his eyes staring holes at his enemies behind those small blue lenses he wears. He laughed his 'ho-ho' Santa laugh seeing the Mobian's faces.

"Well, well, isn't it Sonic the Hedgehog. Hello old friend." The genius said, smiling sinisterly.

"Eggman," Sonic muttered. "What do you want?!"

"What do I want? Hmm…well, I want to build my Empire but some rodent won't allow me to do so, so I guess what I really want is…" the doctor trailed off, pressing one of the various buttons along his flying chair. A compartment opened having a metal hand come out. The hand formed into a fist and rose above Sonic. "To destroy you!" Eggman finished as the fist came slamming down. Sonic leaped out of the way just in time before he could be squashed.

"Hey! Leave him alone!"

The doctor looked around, confused. But he then laid eyes on the kit. "Well, that's something you don't see every day." Eggman mused, easily spotting the twin tails. "Who are you?"

"Eggman, this is between you and me. No need to bring in my bro–"

"Bro? That thing is with you?"

Sonic clenched up. "Yes, you have a problem?" Sonic growled. He was surprised when Eggman's face lit up. He began laughing, and then turned over to look at Sonic. "Why no, I have no problem with that at all. In fact, this may solve my problem!" In a quick movement, the metal hand that was so recklessly attacking Sonic moments before, grabbed at Tails.

"Tails!" Sonic called as Tails himself was helplessly spinning his tails in a hopeless attempt to escape, but the metal hand held him firmly around the waist.

Eggman brought the kit closer so he could see more clearly. Seeing the kit was no more than a measly toddler made his hatching plan all the more easier. He turned to Sonic, trying his best to look threatening. "Now that I have your brother, I give you a choice. You can either hand over the Chaos Emeralds I know you have in your possession by sunset, or never see the kit again. You choose. Either way, I win!" Eggman cackled as he rose a few feet higher into the sky. He looked down again at the remaining Mobians and pondered silently. "Hmm," he thought aloud, "Perhaps only threatening you isn't enough."

Eggman looked down to the others who were with Sonic. Seeing the most fearful one appeared to be the rabbit woman, he acted. Pressing another button, another hand emerged and came down, grabbing Vanilla around the waist. She held Cream close to her chest. Once Vanilla was at his eye-level, he eyed Cream explaining why the mother rabbit was being so fearful. With his own hands, he simply took Cream out of her arms. "No!" Vanilla cried, but with another press of a button, the metal hand opened and dropped her. Quickly, Knuckles caught Vanilla before she hit the ground and brought her safely to her feet. Eggman sinisterly looked at Sonic with a daring smile when a rubber ball hit him in the back of the head.

"Oof!" He muttered, angrily searching for who had done that. Eggman looked around and saw yet another baby who was the one responsible for throwing the object. With the hand he used to grab Vanilla, he used it to grab Charmy.

"Charmy!" Espio yelled out. "Please! Bring them back!" Vanilla cried. Eggman only carelessly brushed it off, not even bothering to hear they're pleads. He rose higher in his single craft, "Ho, ho! Now Sonic, give me your Chaos Emeralds or will these three never see another day!"

"Sonic! Help!" Tails screamed.

"Eggman!" was all Sonic could say. He yelled the doctor's name in anger as Eggman flew high over to his fortress and disappeared inside. The sun returned as the fortress flew off, with Tails, Cream and Charmy.

Vanilla sobbed, falling to her knees. "They took Cream!" she cried. "And Charmy," Vector sighed from his spot next to the sobbing rabbit, unbelieving what had just happened. "And we…couldn't do anything." Espio murmured, clearly depressed at what had just occurred. "If we were to take any fighting stance, it's a possibility we could've only put the infants more at risk."

"Tails…" Sonic whispered his voice fading as he still stared up into the sky where Eggman had just disappeared with two infants and his brother. Tails, he thought angrily, Eggman…I've put up with a lot, your robots, your exploding messages…but this time, you finally crossed the line. He spun on his heels, looking towards the others. "I'm giving him my Chaos Emeralds."

"What?!" Knuckles bellowed. He grabbed Sonic by the shoulders firmly, "Do you not get it? It's all a trick! If you give him your Chaos Emeralds, he'll use them for his plan and we'll all die! Then what? Even if we get those kids back, they'll still die! And what if he was lying? We give him what he wants and he won't give the kids back. Then what? Once Eggman has those emeralds, we can't do anything."

Sonic shoved Knuckles off, looking as angry as ever. "Then what do you suggest we do?!"

"How 'bout you listen to me?"

Vanilla stopped crying a moment, hearing the strange source. Knuckles growled to the familiar voice he knew too well. They followed the voice to the roof, and sitting there was no other than the bat girl. Her wings were folded behind her back, sitting crossed legged, her eyes half-opened, smiling.

"Who're you?" Amy asked.

"She's a thief!" Knuckles blurted, growling at just the sight of the bat.

Using her flexibility, the bat pushed herself right off the roof, landing perfectly in front of everyone. She placed a hand on her hip, looking over at Knuckles. "Down boy," she grinned. Knuckles was about to grab her when Sonic came up. "You know how to help?"

"Call it a coincidence but I so happen to know Eggman well," the bat explained. "You're working for him!" Knuckles yelled at her. "Call it what you will," the bat replied, now dropping her smile, "but I can tell you this, he doesn't plan on giving you back the kids. Listen to me and you'll be thankful."

"Can…can you bring Cream back?" Vanilla asked, wiping away her tears.

"And Charmy?" Espio asked.

The bat nodded. "I can get you all three kids back, safe and sound, and with the emeralds Egghead has on that airship of his. All you have to do is listen to me." She explained, closing her eyes.

Knuckles crossed his arms, glaring daggers. "I don't trust you. Why would you help us if you're with Eggman?"

She glanced over at the echidna. "I jump from team to team. I work solo, anyway to win, I'll do it. In this case, I don't like Eggy's plan. It involves no reward for me even considering all I've done. So, I'm helping you now."

"So that's it! You want a reward!" Knuckles stated, catching what the bat was asking for.

Again, Sonic pulled Knuckles back. He looked seriously at the bat. She looked exactly as Knuckles had described her a couple weeks ago. Observing her over for a few seconds, Sonic asked, "What's your name?"

"Rouge,"

Another silence came on. Sonic remembered how Knuckles had said she could fight well, almost stealing the Master Emerald from him, a fight he barely won. Not to mention the way she was spying on them, being silent and blending in the shadows plus her flexibility…

"What do you want as a reward?"

This caused the bat, Rouge, to bring back her smile. "I said I'd bring you the emeralds Eggy has, plus the ones you have will equal to all seven. All I ask is for one…"

"What?!" Knuckles yelled.

Sonic held out a hand. "Deal," he said. She smiled, pleased in winning a promised reward this time. She shook the hedgehog's hand, repeating, "Deal."

OoO! Eggman kidnapped our fav kiddies! Didn't I say Rouge would play a part? So, Sonic was put in a pickle here, choosing the kids, or Mobius. Lucky for them this sneaky bat is here, but as always, wanting a reward. What will happen next? You'll have to see in the next chapter, "A Walk into Disaster". Yes, next chapter. From this point on, I'll be putting that last few stories together as one considering I leave off at a cliffhanger and I'd be going against the guidelines if I posted them separate. The others were separate 'coz they had no cliffhangers. At least this'll be easier for some.

I hope this was good and OMG, so many babies! X3

Now as usual, a sneak preview…

"Listen," Rouge began, looking over to face everyone. But something was different. Her already-known smirk was gone, and she held a serious glare in her eyes. Eggman's plan must then be real destructive, or Rouge just wanted that emerald. "Eggman expects me back soon, so I can give a free entering for you. But, not everyone can come – only a few. I'll simply distract the genius and you grab what you need. It's simple; it's efficient, it's sure to work." Rouge said. She stared down everyone in the yard. Knuckles returned the heavy stare. Even if she shook on her promise and was even being held to an award, he wasn't so sure he could trust her.

If you like this story, babies, two-tailed foxes, paranoid echidnas, brotherly stuff, animals, seeing Egghead fail, emeralds, or cookies, then leave a review! I don't accept flames, but I take constructive criticism.

Now is something I don't always do in my stories – disclaimers…(sigh, I often forget) All the characters used in this oneshot and in my past oneshots're all owned by Sega (sadly, I don't own Sonic the Hedgehog). I only own the plot of my stories. Special thanks to CharmyXcream14 for helping me with baby Charmy! We now know why he has a helmet (LOL) Another thing I own is how everyone meets in my stories and the reason for Charmy's name. (I couldn't resist, I been thinking that for the longest time)XD

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