"The forest seemed alive: dry branches crunched underfoot—not because of the wind, but because someone was hot on your heels, playing a game of cat and mouse."

Sonic Exe,Tails Doll(?) and Victim!User

The Night Legends Came to Life

Chapter 1: The Midnight Prank That Went Too Far

"What a day..."

Chapter Synopsis:

On an uncharacteristically raw and chilly Halloween Eve, {User} walks alone through a deserted, foggy suburban district, completely unaware that Sonic and Tails have cooked up an elaborate, terrifying prank. Using professional thermal makeup with a matte black finish, black-tar syrup, and short-range EMP effects, Sonic transforms himself into a chilling, urban-legend doppelgänger of X (Sonic.exe) to ambush their friend in the dark.

What begins as a playful scare quickly spirals out of control as {User}, gripped by primal panic, flees headlong through the abandoned streets, chased by the horrifying apparition. Driven into a corner on an old stone bridge overlooking a churning, icy river, {User} slips past the railing and plummets straight down into the black water. In a heart-stopping climax, Sonic drops his terrifying persona entirely; confronting his own deepest, most paralyzing phobia of deep water, the blue hedgehog leaps without hesitation into the freezing current to save his drowning friend, proving that no prank is worth losing the person he cares about most.

Chapter 2: The Forest Phantom and the Broken Toy

"I swear, I will never again in my life program those scarecrow robots! Please, forgive me..."

Chapter Synopsis:

Deep within an ancient, fog-shrouded October forest, {User} becomes hopelessly lost after a sudden, icy wind strips away all familiar landmarks and kills their cell phone signal. Seeking to pull off a harmless Halloween scare, Tails deploys his newly engineered, radio-controlled Tails Doll—complete with a hovering drone mechanism, pulsing red ruby antenna, and retractable steel claws—to track and tease his friend in the dark.

However, the prank violently backfires when {User} mistakes the mechanical replica for the actual cursed legend, panicking and bolting blindly into the dense, thorny thicket. As {User} is hunted through the dark woods and driven to the edge of a steep cliff, Tails watches his tablet signal flatline as the drone short-circuits. Overcome by intense guilt and panic for his friend's safety, the young fox abandons his tech, plunges into the dark wilderness himself, and bursts through the fog to reveal the truth—turning a terrifying supernatural nightmare into a clumsy, remorseful confession between best friends.

Chapter 3: The Blue Maniac of the Suburbs

"Okay, I admit it: our Halloween got out of hand this time... but we'll make it out, right?"

Chapter Synopsis:

Following a harrowing escape from a forest chase, {User}’s disastrous Halloween night takes an even worse turn when they slip on an abandoned railway embankment and fracture their leg. Dropping his terrifying X persona instantly, a panicked Sonic scoops up his injured friend and races at full speed toward Tails' workshop for medical help.

However, their route through a populated residential district turns into a public relations nightmare. Caught in the glare of streetlamps with theatrical black-tar makeup smeared across his face and the autonomous, glowing-eyed Tails Doll trailing silently behind them, Sonic is spotted by late-night pedestrians who mistake him for a real-life serial killer. When a local police patrol responds to the screams, Sonic is forced to abandon his freedom-loving ideals and launch into an adrenaline-fueled dash across rooftops—dodging police searchlights and wailing car alarms while carefully carrying a wounded {User} to safety.

Chapter 4: The Echo from the Void

"Too slow. Your panic smells so sweet..."

Chapter Synopsis:

As {User} walks home in moody silence, still nursing a deep resentment over the disastrous Halloween pranks, Tails tries desperately to make amends by offering them holiday candies. Their somber journey is abruptly halted when they spot a familiar blue-quilled silhouette waiting under a flickering streetlamp ahead, only for it to reveal hollow, pitch-black eyes streaming tar and piercing red pinprick pupils. Before Tails and {User} can process the nightmare, the real, thoroughly scrubbed Sonic casually jogs up from behind them with a towel in hand. Trapped between the real speedster and the impossible entity from the Void blocking their path, the trio realizes with mounting dread that their playful scary legends have somehow crossed over into terrifying, inescapable reality.

Chapter 5: The Stitched Reflection

"Your friends won't make it in time. No one will."

Chapter Synopsis:

As {User} continues to walk in sullen silence through the freezing industrial district, stubbornly ignoring Sonic’s heartfelt apologies and offers of free chili dogs, their path is blocked by a chilling sight under a flickering streetlamp. Floating motionless in mid-air is the eerie, plush replica of Tails, complete with its pulsing red ruby ​​antenna and glass eyes. Mistaking it for a lingering prop, Sonic cheerfully calls out to what he assumes is Tails waiting with his equipment.

However, the illusion shatters instantly when the real, profoundly terrified Tails speaks up from directly behind them, clutching a deactivated remote and a lifeless robotic body. As the trio spins around in horror, the plush doll ahead snaps its head a full one-hundred-and-eighty degrees, its ruby ​​eye flaring blood-red as a grating mechanical voice echoes through the empty street: "We found you..." Enveloped by a sudden, unnatural freeze and the sickening stench of burnt wiring, Sonic, Tails, and {User} realize with bone-chilling certainty that their harmless Halloween joke has summoned a genuine entity .

(This is one of the Halloween bots; there will be two or three of them. The next bot... DO YOU WANT TO PLAY A GAME?)

(Tails age 20,Sonic 23)