Introduction #1

"Thank you," Sapphire said to the airport clerk. Having picked up her luggage, she started making her way outside.

A slightly small mobian for her age, below average in height, Sapphire kept her yellow quills short, the two front ones on the sides with small split ends on them. Unlike most hedgehogs, she also had blonde hair framing the front of her face, bringing out her blue eyes. She wore a blue headband, sky-blue dress with a blue jacket on top, white gloves with blue, slightly transparent wrist rings, and blue and white sneakers.

As Sapphire made her way outside, she began to look around, searching for someone. She began to get nervous. She knew she had to look for a fox mobian with two tails. She turned to ask someone about it, when she heard, "hey! Are you Sapphire the Hedgehog?"

She turned around to see a yellow-orange fox mobian with two tails, sky blue eyes, and wearing white gloves with simple metal bands, and red and white shoes.

Sapphire was quiet for a moment, taking in who she was just meeting. Then she smiled and said, "You're really him. Tails! Mechanical genius! World savior! You... you... you..."

Tails smiled and held out his hand. "No need to give praise. Just a humble mechanic, like you."

Instead of shaking his hand, Sapphire pulled back a bit. "Uh, I... I-"

Tails raised an eyebrow. "Are you okay...?"

"Uh-uh, yes, sorry... I- I'm... a little shy," Sapphire replied meekly.

"A little," Tails replied. Then he gave a small laugh. "Hey, that's okay. Let's try this again." Tails stepped back. "I'm Miles Prower, but my friends call me Tails."

"I'm... I'm Sapphire. Sapphire... the Hedgehog?"

"Okay, pleased to meet you," and Tails held out his hand again, but raised it a bit slower this time.

Sapphire shyly gripped his hand, and Tails gave her a shake. "Nice to meet you, too," Sapphire replied.

"So, are you excited?" Tails asked. "You got a chance to learn with one best mechanics in the world. Um, not to brag." Tails rubbed the back of his head.

"Uh, yeah, this is... exciting. I'm just... really nervous."

"Hey, it's okay. You're already really good. The device you sent was amazing. I mean, you made a hardlight laser!"

"It was just made from scraps. I'm not as good as you think."

"Oh, come on. Don't underplay this. I'm yeah, you could work on your durability, and learn how to put shells to cover the 'inner workings'. But that's more than most amateurs can pull off. Where'd you get the crystals, anyway?"

"Oh, I found them by exploring the mountain cliffs near my home."

"Hm, cool. So congratulations on winning the contest, and becoming my protégé. I-" Tails stopped and looked at Sapphire, who was looked more nervous than before. "Um, let's skip all that formality for now. Let's just catch the train."


Tails led Sapphire out of the airport, and traveled to the closest train station, catching the next train.

Once they were off, Sapphire starred out her window.

"So are you new to city life?" Tails asked.

"Oh, um, no. Well, I'm new to this city. But I lived in a city before. I'm from the Blue Wave Islands," she responded.

"Oh, huh, cool. Where we're going, it might be a change of pace for you."

"Okay, then. So... where are we going?"

"Oh, my home and workshop are in the Mystic Ruins, outside of the city. I set up a room for, so you can stay with me."

"Huh, that's convenient, I guess."

Tails was quiet for a bit. "Is something wrong."

"It's just... this is all so new to me. I've never had an opportunity like this before. Not to mention... I've heard so much about you. And, um, Sonic, too."

"Are you a fan?"

"Y-yes. In fact, you inspired me. I became an engineer because of you. Which I guess means, I haven't been doing this long."

"Hey, that's okay. Though, may I ask. Why engineering? If you look up to me AND Sonic, why not adventuring? Going out to see the world?"

"Mostly because I'm not as fast as Sonic... or brave, really."

"I suppose that makes sense."

"But really, I've always wanted to be... smart, I guess. I like reading. Learning. And you're really smart. Following in your footsteps made sense to me."

"Oh, that's cool. Well, it's great to meet someone as smart as you, Sapphire."

Sapphire gave a soft smile. "Thank you."

"And you know, Sonic does hang out at my place a lot, so..."

Sapphire was stunned by this. She didn't think of that. A chance to Sonic the Hedgehog. The fastest thing in the world. The world's hero. THE Sonic.

Tails gave a small chuckle. "I guess that got you excited. Little extra bonus, I suppose."

"Yeah, I can't wait!" Then Sapphire paused. "B-but, I'm here primarily to learn from you. I don't want you to think-"

"Hey, it's okay," Tails replied, stopping Sapphire. He looked outside, and smiled. "We're here!"

Sapphire looked out herself. They just exited a tunnel, as the train began to slow down. Outside, she could see cliffs, a few dropping down into the ocean, along the far edge, up into the mountains. Tails pointed over to a small area by the ocean, that was raised up in the cliffs. Sitting on the top was metal building.

"That's home," Tails told her.

All Sapphire could say was, "wow..."

They both got off as Tails led Sapphire down off the station, then over and up to his workshop.

"It may be secluded, by the quiet is nice, and I have friends who visit all the time. Though if you'd rather stay in the city..."

"No, that's fine. It'd be nice not to stay somewhere so busy," Sapphire replied quickly.

"Well, come in, come in." And Tails opened the door and led her.

Until now, Sapphire had only been in public workshops, where she was closely watched, to make sure she didn't hurt herself, by order of her old home. But here, she saw a more personalized workplace. Tools hung on one of the walls. Of few work tables, most of them cleared, with two covered in projects that seemed hastily organized.

Towards the front, two planes where parked, one red, and one blue.

"Wow, this is..." Sapphire spoke up, stunned.

"Yeah, I'm sorry. I tried to clean up," Tails replied.

"No... it's fine." Sapphire looked at the planes. "So, you have two planes?"

"Yeah. The red one actually belongs to Sonic, the Tornado. But I did build the blue one myself, modeled after the Sonic's, the Tornado 2."

"That's cool. I've never... been on a plane. I mean, aside from the one I took from my home. But... I've never been in a biplane."

"Hey, if you want, I can take you out sometime."

"Uh..." the thought made her nervous. A small plane in the sky, no air cover, aside from some goggles. "Well..."

"Hey, it's okay. You don't have to answer now. And now that I think about it, you've had a long flight haven't you."

"Yeah... but I can-"

"Say no more," Tails told her. "Come with me."

Tails led her to a door in the back. He opened the door, and show her inside.

The room was simple. The metallic room's walls were bare, and there a window in the back. A bed was placed in one corner with a nightstand, a desk in another. There was also a bookcase and dresser along one of the walls, and a built-in heater/AC by the door.

"It's not much, but I figured we could decorate, make it more homely," Tails told her.

"Wait, so this is for me?" Sapphire asked.

"Yep, this is your room. I put a lot of effort in making it for you. Literally. I built this room from the ground up, adding it to the side of my workshop."

"I- I don't know what to say. Thank you. I've... I've never had my own room."

"Huh." Tails was silent for a moment. "Well, I'll give some time to rest. We can begin lessons whenever you want. Soon, preferably. Well, have a nice rest." And he stepped out to leave Sapphire to herself.

Sapphire placed her luggage next to the desk, and walked over to the bed, and she sat down on it. She grabbed the gray blanket that was laid over, and lifted it up. She then laid down, resting her head on the pillow.

This was her room. Her bed, her desk. This was a new life for her. She smiled in the thought, as she drifted off to sleep.


Author's Note: Since I couldn't get around to making this into the webcomic idea I had, I decided to just make this another written story alongside Undertale Fallen Determination.

This is Sapphire the Hedgehog's story. This will be a collection of short stories (with maybe the occasional arc), but for now, this is part 1 of 3 of the Intro story. Enjoy!

If you want to see Sapphire's OC Profile, you can find it (and my other OC Profiles) on my DeviantArt, where I am known as "Cobalt-Gemini".