𝑭𝒆𝒂𝒓 𝒐𝒓 𝑭𝒓𝒊𝒆𝒏𝒅𝒔𝒉𝒊𝒑: 𝔽𝕚𝕘𝕙𝕥𝕤 𝕥𝕙𝕣𝕠𝕦𝕘𝕙 𝕦𝕟𝕚𝕧𝕖𝕣𝕤𝕖𝕤

      Somewhere in the biggest room, the most gigantic man is sleeping in a bed. A portal opens next to his stomach, from which Luz Bucket runs out, who, compared to a man, turns out to be the size of a rat. Following him, Shadow also runs out with Tails on his shoulder, who for a person turned out to be smaller than a speck of dust that you can hardly see him. Having reached his leg and jumped off it, as well as from the bed down, the scorpion-snake opens a portal down, below him on the floor. Shadow and Tails fall behind him. ♪ If you are not welcome here, leave quickly ♪ ♪ There is no need to think formally, it’s better to sing ♪ Having fallen from another portal, they fell straight out of the bathroom faucet, finding themselves inside a soap bubble, where a naga cub, similar to young Shadow, was washing in the bathroom, which, compared to those Luz and Shadow, turned out to be even larger than the same person from the previous reality. A giant baby bathed naked in a giant bathtub, played, splashing water and did not notice the small naked people in front of him, inside soap bubbles. Luz decided to burst his soap bubble with the touch of his claw and, falling down, opened a new portal, which sucked in all the soapy water from the huge bathtub, forming a whirlpool. Luz fell through there, and Shadow and Tails also jumped after him. The giant baby, when his bathroom became empty, roared in a distorted, terrible voice: — Mo-o-o-o-om! ♪ Don’t make empty promises to anyone, ♪ ♪ Smile and answer calmly. ♪ Luz Bucket, without understanding anything, crawled from planet to planet while in outer space. The planets themselves were smaller than him, but they held him. At the same time, there was no weightlessness in space and something was pulling him, like his pursuit down, as if there was emptiness or a black hole down there. Only the planets stayed in the air and stood still, and sometimes spun because someone ran or jumped on them. A burning comet even flew past, almost setting Tails on fire. ♪ Don't waste your time getting sentimental, ♪ ♪ Go and create a new one for yourself reality. ♪ Somehow breaking away from Shadow and Tails, Luz hid in some futuristic future, where the nagas themselves had long since left for modern civilization, becoming an intelligent and advanced race. There he crawled into the subway and had just boarded the train when Shadow and Tails found themselves on the same train, covered under hats and sunglasses, along with newspapers with holes for their eyes. — Your ticket please! — Tails asked jokingly, and Luz just opened another portal and jumped into it, followed by the same Shadow and Tails. ♪ Create your own reality, ♪ ♪ Partially dissolve inside, ♪ ♪ Dimension is a new sensation. ♪ Finding himself in a world where dinosaurs still live on Earth, Luz ran forward, trying not to look back and pushed one Tyrannosaurus rex along the road, which wanted to pounce on him. Next, Bucket crawls through an incomprehensible world, where strange giant heads of Dr. Eggman without a mustache fly around in the air. Shadow and Tails are still keeping up with him. ♪ Sometimes it's worth taking a break for lunch. ♪ ♪ Look around, gain new strength. ♪ Shadow and Tails, in search of Luz Bucket, hung upside down on a giant chandelier, above the table where the giant Amy Rose and Sonic, who had a date, were sitting. They, not understanding anything, looked at the smallest creatures hanging on the chandelier. When Shadow noticed Luz on the table, hiding behind a cup of tea. then he and Tails immediately jumped from the chandelier after him. ♪ The hour hand can cause a lot of trouble, ♪ ♪ So think with your head and go home ♪ ♪ Come back alive, come on! ♪ Luz, Shadow and Tails were running away through some kind of crystal tunnel made of white crystals, which suddenly turned red and dark. And on some of them there appeared the terrible face of some white wolf with red eyes, who smiled sarcastically and laughed. One of these images extended its paw forward. He tried to grab one of Tails' tails, but luckily missed, only tearing off a couple of hairs from the tail's fur. ♪ Create your own reality! ♪ ♪ Create your own reality! ♪ ♪ Create your own reality-y-y! ♪ Somewhere in some dark space, stood Tails, who was distorted in every possible way, changing the shape of his body, parts of his arms and even his elongated tongue, spitting out the smallest Tails, who turned out to be a grain of sand in comparison with him. He flew through the second portal, appearing simultaneously with the first, from where two nagas also ran into the second, already without Tails. ♪ Create your own reality! ♪ ♪ Create your own reality! ♪ ♪ Create your own reality-y-y! ♪ Star wars have begun in one universe. Luz Bucket was on the side of the naga robots who fought against the good aliens, similar to humans and Mobians, among whom were Shadow and Tails. As usual, the striped naga and the fox helped our team defeat the villains. This time they destroyed an army of evil naga robots, since these could not be corrected, but the good ones had to defeat them! Luz even managed to escape after that. ♪ Why am I singing this song, now you ask me! ♪ ♪ I’ll answer you tomorrow. I'll answer tomorrow, but for now! ♪ Shadow and Tails also found themselves in a semblance of a fantasy world, where they fought in an alliance team that included people, knights, elves, gnomes, dwarves, fairies, Mobians and even orcs. And they fought against evil nagas, trolls and goblins, who certainly cannot be corrected or reconciled. Luz Bucket was on the enemy's side. But even there, ours won again and again and the scorpion snake had to run away again. ♪ Create your own reality! ♪ ♪ Create your own reality! ♪ ♪ Create your own reality-y-y! ♪ And so there were already many jumps between worlds, the evil scorpion-snake, as well as the pursuer of a striped hedgehog-snake with a two-tailed fox, kept flying, and flying, and flying, and flying. They saw so many worlds that any normal person’s head would probably have exploded long ago, in the figurative sense of the word. There was also emptiness, where there was nothing at all. There was even a world of sand, where there was only desert with caravans looking for oases, and there was even a world consisting of mountains and beautiful meadows where sheep and goats grazed. They even looked around questioningly, where were the two nagas and the fox running after each other? ♪ Create your own reality! ♪ ♪ Create your own reality! ♪ ♪ Create ate ate ate ate ate ate ate ate ate ate ate ate ate. ♪ In one world, in front of the currently last open portal, Luza, two nagas and a Mobian ran across the surface of the planet, past a red-haired weirdo in a green cowboy hat and his blue horse-like friend with a pink mane. ♪ Goodbye and don't miss me! ♪

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      Jumping from the portal, Luz managed to cling to the branch of the tallest tree, somewhat reminiscent of an oak, and Shadow and Tails fell down, falling into a huge bowl of the forest. They fell straight into the river and almost drowned. Having sailed along the river, away from Luz, they moored to the shore, where nearby there was a large bush with the largest, purple berries.

The universe of children and nagas — the author of the universe Cinder the Silverfox

Shadow and Tails looked around. — So, where did we end up this time? — the striped hedgehog asked himself and stood on his tail, crawling further. Then he stopped, looking at Tails, who for some reason was not following him. The fox himself sighed heavily out loud, picked up a chamomile from the ground nearby and, holding it in his hands, put it to his chest. Thus, he allegedly buried himself. — Tails!... What's wrong with you? — Don't you see, Shadow! — Tails answered with sighs, almost crying. — I give up! — Why? It's too early to give up! We haven't caught Luz Bucket yet! — That's it! We have been so close to him so many times and almost surrounded him, and then he always runs away from us. We have already overcome so many other worlds that I have almost lost my mind. Besides, I've almost died five times already. I even saw the spirit of my real mother while I was temporarily dying. Let's admit it! We will never stop Luz Bucket, no matter how many times we chase him and lure him into a dead end. This time he defeated us. Let him at least ruin this world for his health! We can't stop him anymore. Yes and then. I'm already tired of chasing him around other worlds and trying to try on nagas with people and Mobians. Taking into account the fact that in a couple of worlds the naga race was really irredeemable and we had to help people there with the Mobians against them. Bucket cannot be stopped or convinced, no matter how many times we overtake him and try to convince him. Especially. You yourself are already completely exhausted because of me. Let's go home to our world! — Don't say that, Tails! What, are you saying that we did all these jumps between worlds in vain to help someone in them and make their world a better place? Are you out of your mind? If we had not intervened then, Luz Bucket would have returned to our world and defeated all of us... You... And me too... — It doesn’t matter anymore!... Let him do what he wants... Of course... I’m tired... And I want to go home to my mommy Fiona!... — the fox whined and got up and flew to Shadow’s hand, where he kept his ring to himself. — Please, open a portal home for us! — No, Tails! — the striped naga refused and did not give him the ring. — We shouldn't give up too early. I'm sure this time we will definitely succeed. — How do you know? Because you love me and only see me as a lover and not as a friend? — Tails hissed through his teeth, almost crying. Shadow's eyes widened when he heard the question. — Yes, yes, Shadow. I know everything. That sorcerer was still there in the world made of water and told me everything. Do you think that if you see me as your girlfriend, and not as a friend, then our love is supposedly stronger than the anger and malice of Luz Bucket? At your age, people stop believing in fairy tales a long time ago, Shadow! In real life, and no matter what kind of world it is, everything is much more serious, there are real consequences and fears of death. And good does not always triumph over evil in the end. — the fox said the last phrase with anger, so much so that he raised both hands in anger. Then, realizing what he had done, seeing a slightly frightened Shadow, who himself was almost crying, he flew up to him and hugged his cheeks with his palms. — Forgive me, Shadow. But I can't be with you. You are just a friend to me. You were just like a brother to me. Even as a father. But not a lover. Yes, and think better! Is it possible for a nag and a Mobian, or a person with a nag, to love each other and be in a couple? I can't stay with you if you see me as a lover. Believe me, I love you too, but not as a boyfriend... But rather as a father... Or a best friend... I don’t see anyone else like that in you! We can't be together as a couple... I'm a little Mobian, and you're a giant naga. We are too different to love each other. If you're so lonely, you could have found yourself a nun girl a long time ago!... Please give me the ring! — through tears, struggling with himself, although offended, but for the sake of love, he takes off his ring from his claw and gives it to the fox. — Thank you friend. — he adds and puts the ring on his finger. — Tell me, how long have you been in love with me? — the fox asked out of curiosity. — From the very first day of our meeting... You were still young then... For me, Tails, you will still remain a lover... Just know about it! — still sobbing, said the snake hedgehog. — I understand. — the fox answered and turned around, stretched out his hand, opening a portal to their world. He found the right world, where his beloved village was, where his adoptive mother Fiona lived. — It's time to go home, Shadow. Behind me! — said the fox and was the first to fly through the portal, but Shadow did not follow him. Tails turned around and saw that Shadow was no longer there. And he didn’t crawl away after him. He alone returned to his world. Apparently he was offended by him and crawled away, remaining in that world. Sighing heavily and realizing what he had done, the fox flew back through the portal and closed it. He decided to search the forest and find Shadow. — Shadow! Are you offended or what? I apologized! Shadow!... Shadow! After flying through a couple of bushes and trees, the fox tried to find his striped friend, but never found him. He flew through the forest and looked for him, blaming himself for what he had just done. He knew perfectly well that it was his fault that he was offended and was hiding somewhere here. He keeps flying and looking for him, and screams, but Shadow himself does not respond: — Shadow!... Shadow!... Flying up to the tallest tree, he climbs up it and shouts from there at the top of his lungs: — SHA-A-ADO-O-OW!!!... — he shouted once, but he didn’t respond at all. Only a couple of birds scattered out of fear in all directions at the fox’s cry. He tried to call him again: — SHA-A-ADO-O-OW!!! — again there was no response. Tails had already started crying again, ashamed of what he had done and worried about his friend. Even through his tears, he shouted even louder: — SHA-A-ADO-O-OW-w-w-w...

***

      Luz Bucket, wandering through the forest, heard the faint cry of Tails, who was calling Shadow. He just grinned. — Sha-a-ado-o-ow... Apparently they separated and lost each other. It was already in his favor to break away from them. Ignoring these screams, he crawled on.

***

      At that time, Shadow himself hid in a cave and clasped his tail with his hands, dropped his muzzle on the middle of the tail, as if on his knees, and began to cry. Because of his tears, he never heard Tails scream: — Sha-a-ado-o-ow...

***

      In this world, oddly enough, there was another naga Shadow, almost exactly the same. He was still crawling through the forest and looking for something to eat. Suddenly, his right ear accidentally heard a male voice that was clearly calling him: — Sha-a-ado-o-ow... Another Shadow heard this voice and realized that someone was calling him, his eyes bulged. This seemed rather strange to him. — What fool in the forest would think of calling me?... And how does he know my name? — he asked himself, but out of curiosity he decided to crawl to the source of the scream and check who was screaming.

***

      That same barely audible cry of adult Tails even reached the blue snake hedgehog Sonic, who was sleeping on the lawn next to his house. — Sha-a-ado-o-ow... The scream sounded so quiet from afar, but it was enough for the naga Sonic to suddenly wake up from what he heard. He stood up and looked around. — What was that?... His voice seems to be similar to Tails... Only he sounds like an adult guy... And he called Shadow himself?... No, I guess I imagined it! — he waved his hand and continued to sleep.

***

      But strangely enough, even Sally herself barely heard this scream and looked towards the window. — Sha-a-ado-o-ow... — I don’t like this! — she said to herself, deciding that something was wrong here.