A NEW BEGINNING

Chapter 1

"Cosmo...Is it really you?"

Tails in his sleep had been mumbling, "Cosmo...Cosmo...you're back...you're back..." He slowly awoken and blinked his eyes. He found himself staring up at the ceiling. He sat up in the bed and ran a hand through the tufts of hair on his head. He looked around the room and sighed heavily, "Oh...it was only a dream...but it felt so real..." He slid his legs over the edge of the bed and placed his feet on the cold wood floor. He yawned and stretched then finding his slippers he slid his feet into them. His shoulders were hunched over as he glanced over to the windowsill where Cosmos' plant used to be.

He then remembered he had moved it to the greenhouse his friends helped him build out back. He then remembered the storm and the lightening. He suddenly stood up, "The storm...the lightening...it all seemed so real..." His thoughts went back to when the lightening struck the small plant.

"COSMO!" The young fox ran to the door opening it rushing out before smacking into something that caused him to tumble to the floor. "OOF!" he cried out in surprise before finding himself ontop of and staring into the face of a young green seedling with a red rosebud growing out from either side of its head. He blinked a few times unable to find his voice. He kept mouthing her name over and over again but no sound came out.

The young seedling looked up at him tilting her head to one side, "Tails? are you alright?" she asked looking very concerned.

Tails finally finding his voice let out a tiny squeek, "C...C..." clearing his voice gasped, "Cosmo? Is...is it...is it really you?"

Cosmo smiled and touched his face, "Yes Tails...its me...its really me. We went over this a few times last night. Dont you remember?"

Tails stared at her a few times before blushing realizing he was ontop of her and quickly stood up reaching out his hand for her. "Oh my gosh...I knocked you down...are you alright? Oh Cosmo...Im so sorry...I didnt mean to! Here...let me help you up."

Cosmo took his hand and stood up, her legs still a bit wobbly. "I'm fine Miles...really. But you...you are so thin. Have you not been eating enough?"

Tails stood holding her hand for a minute before pulling her into his arms hugging her tight. "Oh Cosmo...I thought I had dreamt you coming back...like Ive done so many times before." Tears welled up in his eyes and he couldn't stop them from falling from his eyes. "I'll...I'll never forgive myself for what I did to you..." He choaked on his tears.

Cosmo held him close and rubbed his back, "Oh Tails...I already told you last night...you did what you had to do and I have forgiven you. Look at me Miles.." She looked at him and he returned her gaze as she wriped the tears from his fur. She smiled and continued speaking soft and slow. "I'm here now. I'm back and we are finally safe from the Metarex. We can be together forever now."

He blushed madly from her touch and stood up a bit straighter, "Cosmo...I solomly swear that I will never let anything happen to you again."

Cosmo smiled hugging him again, "I know you won't Tails...I feel safe with you."

Tails closed his eyes and hugged her tight. Suddenly, the memory of the day he pulled the trigger flashed back before his eyes. His memories quickly turned to when they first found out a chip had been planted inside her head so she could be the eyes and ears for the Metarex. Chills ran through his body and he opened his eyes and looked at her. There was a frightened look on his face.

Cosmo noticed, "Tails...what's wrong? Why are you looking at me that way... are you feeling ill?"

Tails took her hand in his and smiled not wanting to scare her, "Everything is fine Cosmo. I...I just want to perform a check up on you...just to make sure everything is ok. I won't hurt you...I promise." He began leading her down the hallway towards a closed door.

(Hi everyone. Im so sorry for the long delay in this chapter. But Im back and I will try to make sure you wont have to wait another whole year just to find out what happens next lol. And if you like the story...please comment and let me know. :) and thanks again for reading)