Knuckles helps Amy

On shore, under their castle, Knuckles, Sonic, and Tails played the same song Amy, Sally, and Cosmo sang to them on their clarinet, panpipes, and flute. Pikachu lay nearby as Knuckles, Sonic, and Tails played their clarinet, panpipes, and flute. They stopped, and Tails sighed as he, Knuckles, and Sonic got up off of the rocks. Knuckles, Sonic, and Tails started walking around, getting Pikachu's attention and causing him to get excited.

"*Pikachu?*" asked the Electric Mouse Pokémon.

"That voice." Knuckles said, "I can't get it out of my head."

"Neither can we." said Sonic. He and his little brothers turned to Pikachu, saying, "We've looked everywhere, Pikachu."

"Where could they be?" Tails wondered.

Not far away, Amy, Sally, Cosmo, and their friends finally managed to get them to the shore. It was exhausting, but everyone made it to the shore.

Silver, Charmy, and Basil were the only ones exhausted and weary that they collasped near the rocks!

Amy, Sally, and Cosmo started to wake up and pushed their quills and hair out of their eyes. As they did, they noticed their new knees and were caught by surprise. They each raised one of their legs above water and saw a foot (Sonic and his friends have fingers on their hands, but no toes on their feet). They waved their feet and were fascinated. They had finally gotten their wish of having legs and being a normal hedgehog, a normal squirrel/chipmunk hybrid, and a normal Seedrian. As they marveled at their new legs, Jeremy flew overhead and landed on Amy's leg.

"Well, look at what the catfish dragged in!" he exclaimed, "Look at ya! Look at ya! There's something different. Don't tell me, I got it. It's your fur-hairdo, right? You've been using the dinglehoppers, right?"

Amy, Sally, and Cosmo shook their heads no, but kept smiling.

"No? No, huh?" Then Jeremy thought for a moment and said, "Well let me see. New . . . seashells?"

Amy, Sally, and Cosmo didn’t respond, but smirked at Jeremy, hoping he’d find out the answer. "No new seashells."

Amy shook her leg to get Jeremy to notice, and he stood on her leg, annoying Basil. "I gotta admit I can't put my foot on it right now," he said. "But if I just stand here long enough I know that I'll -"

"THEY'VE GOT LEGS AND TAILS, YOU IDIOT!" Basil shouted.

Finally, Jeremy jumped up, seeing Amy, Sally, and Cosmo's legs, and rose up in a flutter at the outburts.

"They traded their voices to the evil Sailor Scouts and got legs and tails." Basil explained, "Jeez, man . . ."

By that time, Jeremy had flown and sat on a rock by the mouse detective. "I knew that."

While Amy, Sally, and Cosmo attempted to stand, Silver and Charmy explained to Jeremy what was going to happen.

"Amy, Sally, and Cosmo have been turned into a normal hedgehog, a normal squirrel/chipmunk hybrid, and a normal Seedrian." said Silver.

"They've gotta make the male red echidna, the male blue hedgehog, and the male yellow two-tailed fox fall in love with them, and they've gotta ki- they've gotta kiss them." added Charmy.

Their legs were a little wobbly. It was as if watching three babies try to stand on their own with no support for the first time.

"And they've only got three days." said Basil.

Amy, Sally, and Cosmo managed to get on their feet, but quickly found themselves unable to stand still. They quickly lost their balance and fell over in the water, causing a splash that got Silver, Charmy, Basil, and Jeremy wet and causing Jeremy to have a piece of seaweed hanging off his beak. Three other pieces of seaweed were on top of Amy's pink quills, Sally‘s red hair, and Cosmo's green hair.

Basil got frantic. "Just look at them. On legs. On normal animal legs! My nerves are shot. This is a catastrophe! What would their uncle say? I'll tell you what their uncle'd say, he'd say he's gonna kill himself a mouse, that's what their uncle'd say!" he complained, turning his attention to the male white hedgehog and bee.

Other than Basil's frantic yelling, Amy, Sally, and Cosmo were getting up and getting the seaweed out of their quills and hair. Hearing this, they saw Basil starting to head into the water, and then Sally picked him up and shook her head frantically, trying to make him change his mind. The Mobian sisters didn't want their uncle to find out about what they just did, and, picking him up and shaking her head no are in an attempt to stop him from going to tell Top Cat.

Basil carried on complaining. "I'm gonna march meself straight home right now and tell him just like I shoulda done de minute . . . and don't you shake your head at me, young lady." Eventually, he stopped complaining and spoke in a normal tone of voice. "Maybe there's still time. If we could get those Sailor Scouts to give you back your voices, you could go home with all the normal fish, and just be . . . just be . . ."

Basil's hope for Amy, Sally, and Cosmo started fading away when he saw the sisters' sad, gloomy faces. Fearing that the girls would get more depressed than they were when their grotto was destroyed by Top Cat's anger, Basil finally started to give in, saying, "Just be miserable for the rest of your life. All right, all right. I'll try to help you find that echidna, that hedgehog, and that fox."

Amy, Sally, and Cosmo smiled, and Sally kissed the mouse detective before putting him down.

"Boy. What a softie I'm turning out to be." he said.

Jeremy came across what appeared to be three German dresses -- called "Dirndls" -- one that consists of a cyan bodice, a low-cut baby blue blouse with short puffy sleeves, a full cyan skirt, and a white apron; one that consists of a magenta bodice, a low-cut pink blouse with short, puffy sleeves, a full magenta skirt, and a white apron; one that consists of an orange bodice, a low-cut yellow blouse with short, puffy sleeves, a full orange skirt, and a white apron; a pair of baby blue frilly, knee-length bloomers, a pair of pink frilly, knee-length bloomers, a pair of yellow frilly, knee-length bloomers, three pairs of white stockings, and three pairs of black Mary Jane shoes. Jeremy grabbed the Dirndls, bloomers, stockings, and Mary Jane shoes.

"Now, Amy, Sally, Cosmo, I'm tellin' ya," said the crow, "If you wanna be a normal hedgehog, a normal squirrel/chipmunk hybrid, and a normal Seedrian, the first thing you gotta do is dress like three. Now lemme see."

Before that, he noticed that with Amy, Sally, and Cosmo's mertails gone, they weren't wearing anything from the waist down, …except their shell bras, mermaid bikini bottoms, and Amy's hairband.

Meanwhile, Knuckles, Sonic, and Tails continued trudging down the beach, unable to take the girls’ voices out of their heads. But as they walked, Pikachu detected a scent, one that he recognized from before. Suddenly getting excited, he tried getting Knuckles, Sonic, and Tails to follow him. "*Pika!*" cried the Electric Mouse Pokémon.

Knuckles, Sonic, and Tails looked stunned. "Pikachu? Huh . . . what," asked Knuckles.

“What is it, boy?" asked Sonic.

"Tell us!" exclaimed Tails.

Pikachu just happily started running ahead of the boys. The male red echidna, the male blue hedgehog, and the male yellow two-tailed fox saw their pet Pokémon rush off. "Pikachu!" Sonic called.

Back with Amy, Sally, and Cosmo's friends, they managed to dress Amy, Sally, and Cosmo up in the cyan, baby blue, and white Dirndl, baby blue bloomers, pink, magenta, and white Dirndl, pink bloomers, yellow, orange, and white Dirndl, yellow bloomers, white stockings, and black Mary Jane shoes over their golden yellow, light blue, and blood red shell bras and red, light blue, and green mermaid bikini bottoms. Amy was still wearing her red headband, white gloves, and gold ring bracelets, as well. She, Sally, and Cosmo felt giddy wearing their first normal animal clothes. Jeremy gave a wolf whistle as he checked out his friend. "Ya look great, ladies!" he said. "Ya look - sensational." Silver and Charmy agreed. But Basil felt skeptical about the Dirndls, bloomers, stockings, and flats.

"*Pikachu! Pika, pika! Pi! Pi, pikachu!*"

Suddenly, everyone heard Pikachu's excited shouting nearby and looked. They spotted Pikachu charging towards them. Silver and Charmy yelped, got spooked, and hid under the shallow water.

Jeremy flew off, and Basil, knowing that Amy, Sally, and Cosmo would need him, rushed to the girls and hid in Cosmo's Dirndl. Amy, Sally, and Cosmo tried getting away from Pikachu. But the hyper Pokémon kept intercepting them at every turn. Amy, Sally, and Cosmo got on three small boulders at the beach as Pikachu kissed Sally's face.

"Pikachu!" Knuckles called from a distance.

Pikachu stopped licking Sally, turned, and ran to his masters, leaving Amy, Sally, and Cosmo to smile at the Pokémon.

"Pikachu!" Tails called before seeing their pet, and tried to calm Pikachu down. "Quiet, Pikachu! What's gotten into you fella?"

As Tails petted their pet, his eyes, along with Knuckles and Sonic's, widened when they noticed Amy, Sally, and Cosmo sitting on the boulder. "*Pikachu!*" Pikachu said.

"Oh . . . Oh, I see." said Tails, as he, Knuckles, and Sonic approached the female pink hedgehog, the female brown squirrel/chipmunk hybrid, and the female green Seedrian. Amy, Sally, and Cosmo tried to compose themselves by moving their quills and hair out of their faces.

"Are you O.K., ladies?" asked Tails, as he playfully ruffled Pikachu's head.

"We're sorry if this knucklehead scared you." said Sonic.

And Knuckles said, "He's harmless, really - . . ."

Knuckles stopped talking, and he, Sonic, and Tails stared at Amy, Sally, and Cosmo, but as they did, they started having a feeling. There was something familiar about them. Amy, Sally, and Cosmo smiled very lovingly at them.

"You . . . seem very familiar . . . to us." Sonic said skeptically, "Have we met?"

Amy, Sally, and Cosmo nodded yes with big smiles on their faces. "*Pika, pika, pika! Pika, pikachu! Pikachu!*" Pikachu cried in excitement. He tried to lick Sally, but he was pushed down by Sonic.

"We have met?" asked Sonic, as he, Tails, and Knuckles grasped Sally, Cosmo, and Amy's hands, "We knew it! You're the ones - the ones we've been looking for!"

"What are your names?" Knuckles asked excitedly.

Pikachu turned to Amy, Sally, and Cosmo with excitement and also started feeling joyful and curious. "*Pi! Pikachu?*" he asked. Amy, Sally, and Cosmo tried speaking. But with their voices gone, nothing came out of their mouths.

"What's wrong?" Knuckles asked.

"What is it?" Sonic asked.

Amy, Sally, and Cosmo patted on their throats and showed Pikachu their necks, trying to show that they couldn’t talk.

"You can't speak?" Tails asked.

Amy, Sally, and Cosmo shook their heads sadly. This caused Knuckles and his brothers to feel down. "Oh." said Knuckles, "Then you couldn't be who we thought." They were sure that these girls were the ones who saved them.

Pikachu rolled his eyes in frustration. "*Pika!*" Amy, Sally, and Cosmo are his masters' rescuers! Couldn't he see that?

Amy did the same thing before she, Sally, and Cosmo came up with an idea. *We know!* Amy, Sally, and Cosmo thought. They moved their arms and hands around as if they were trying to do pantomime or charades. Knuckles, Sonic, and Tails tried to figure out what Amy, Sally, and Cosmo were trying to say.

"What is it?" Knuckles asked, "You're hurt? No?"

"No . . . You need help." Tails said.

Amy, Sally, and Cosmo tried to make more hand movements to communicate. But then, they lost their balance and fell off the boulders!

"Whoa, whoa, careful," said Tails, as he, Knuckles, and Sonic caught Cosmo, Amy, and Sally in their arms. "Careful. Easy."

The six stared at each other in a shocked and awkward way.

"Gee, you must have really been through something." said the male blue hedgehog.

"Don't worry, we'll help you." said Tails, "Come on . . . Come on, you'll be okay."

As Knuckles, Sonic, and Tails put Amy, Sally, and Cosmo's arms over their shoulders, they glimpsed behind them and gave their friends a big grin. Silver, Charmy, and Jeremy smiled at them and wished them good luck. Knuckles, Sonic, and Tails guided Amy, Sally, and Cosmo toward their castle. Walking was very hard for someone who spent their whole life swimming! Regardless, Knuckles, Sonic, and Tails were patient and made sure Amy, Sally, and Cosmo did not fall. Eventually, they arrived at Knuckles, Sonic, and Tails' castle.

Later in the day, Amy, Sally, and Cosmo were introduced to the Mobians - including the Mobians - and people working at the castle. The first order of business was to clean Amy, Sally, and Cosmo up and get them washed for dinner. In their tub filled with bubbles, Amy, Sally, and Cosmo played with them, overcome by fascination.

Pouring warm water from a jug over their heads was a French woman with brown hair tied in a ponytail and hazel eyes, wearing a blue hair-bow, a dress with a blue bodice, a white blouse with medium sleeves, and a blue skirt, a white apron, and dark brown ballet flats. Her name was Belle, the castle maid. She was nearby, and she helped in getting Amy, Sally, and Cosmo cleaned up.

"Washed up from a shipwreck?" gasped Belle, "Oh, the poor things! We'll have you feeling better in no time.

Basil, who was hiding in Cosmo's Dirndl, peeked out, but saw Belle overhead, taking the aprons, Dirndls, bloomers, and stockings and preparing to leave the room. "I'll just - I'll just get these washed for you." she said.

In another room, the Dirndls, bloomers, and stockings were put in large tub, and Claudette, Paulette, and Laurette helped wash them. Unfortunately, Basil was still stuck in three of these clothes, and he couldn’t get out.

"Well, you must have at least heard about this, girls." Claudette said, beginning to talk.

"No!" Paulette exclaimed.

Claudette washed the Dirndls, bloomers, and stockings, causing Basil to feel uncomfortable with each scrub and movement, saying, "Antoinette, Juliette, and Camille say they're princesses, but since when have Antoinette, Juliette, and Camille ever gotten anything right? I mean really, this girl hedgehog, this girl squirrel/chipmunk hybrid, and this girl Seedrian show up in rags and don't speak-"

"Madame," said Basil. "Please!"

As this conversation went on, he was squished by a presser, along with the Dirndls, bloomers, and stockings, but he recovered immediately afterward, though he landed on the clothes in the laundry basket.

"Not my idea of princesses." said Claudette, as she took the the Dirndls, the bloomers, and the stockings and hung them on a clothesline, one by one, "If Knuckles, Sonic, and Tails are looking for some girls, I know a couple of highly available ones right here."

As the clothes were hung from the clothesline, they were moved towards the nearby castle. Basil jumped out of one of the Dirndls and landed in a room through a window. Relieved to be out of that experience, Basil started to get up. But as he did, he saw something absolutely horrifying: beheaded fish with sharp blades, cooked squid and octopi in a pan, and worst of all, deep-fried mice on a plate. This was the castle kitchen, and the sight of so many dead sea creatures was too much for Basil to take. He fainted in fear.