(Reader's P.O.V.)

"(Y/N), tell me, who brought you to the future?" I look down at the ground, a little afraid. "I didn't see him. All I know is his voice. It sounded like someone I know but at the same time, a total stranger. I'm sorry... I know that's not much to go on..." He sighs and pulls me close. "It's okay... I'm sorry I frightened you. I thought it might've been someone else. I'm being pursued by someone and I was worried they took you to the future to show you how bad I am, or at least how bad I was..." "Was? But that was the future, that means it hasn't happened yet." He gives a sad laugh as he pulls away. "The future is my past. Depending on where in time you were sent, you may have been looking at my past." I think back to how his future self acted towards me. He acted like he hadn't seen me in ages. Which could only mean... "I think I was looking at your future. Which means it hasn't happened yet. It means we still have time to fix things." Just as I say that someone approaches from behind. "I finally found you, Mephiles! Get away from (Y/N), you monster!" It's Silver and he does not look too happy. He attacks Mephiles but Mephiles isn't putting up a fight. It's like a one-sided battle. "S-Silver! Stop! He wasn't doing anything!" Silver doesn't listen to me, he's too concentrated on Mephiles. Out of the corner of my eye, I see someone standing behind a dead tree, watching us. He's wearing a cloak but I can clearly see two yellow fox tails. He's smirking from beneath his hood. He suddenly vanishes in a dark smoke and I return my attention to Silver and Mephiles. Mephiles has been knocked to the ground and Silver is standing over top of him. I put myself in front of Mephiles to shield him from Silver's next attack. "(Y/N) move out of the way so I can finish this guy!" "Can't we talk this over? Mephiles wasn't even fighting back! Can't you see he's hurt?!" Silver falters and stops his attack. "Fine... Let's talk, but not here." I end up leading Silver to my apartment while he carries Mephiles. I walk into my kitchen and Silver sets Mephiles down on the couch. "Would you like some tea, Silver?" "Yes, please. (Y/N)? Why did you protect him? Do you even know the things he's done?" I set the tea on the stove and offer the boys some homemade cookies I baked when I lost Mephiles. "I'm well aware. I happened to see the future you're talking about. I got sent there by someone I don't know." "We'll I can tell you it wasn't me. How did you get back though?" Hear the teapot whistle and I take it off the heat. I pour two mugs and take a seat on the couch between Mephiles and Silver. "It was future Mephiles. He asked me to change the future by calling out to him." Silver takes a sip of his tea and looks deep in thought. "Then maybe that hooded guy was wrong about Mephiles." Hooded guy? Could it be the same guy I saw in the graveyard? Mephiles sits up when he hears the mention of this 'hooded guy'. "Could you possibly describe this hooded guy to me? I want to know if he's the one who attacked (Y/N)." "Huh? (Y/N), you were attacked?" I nod. "So the guy who attacked you sent you into the future... Well, I don't know the guy too well but when we met he claimed he was the timekeeper for the ancients. He kinda looked like Tails but his eyes were the wrong color. His voice was a little deeper than Tails' voice but it did sound similar. He told me his job was to watch over time and that Mephiles escaped into the past to destroy the world. When my world suddenly changed I thought maybe he was right. After all, it really was you destroying everything. Looking back though, each time we fought, you had this sad expression on your face. Like you were filled with the same despair as everyone else." We stay silent. A guy that looks identical to Tails and calls himself the timekeeper... Just who is this guy?

(Mephiles' P.O.V.)

The timekeeper, huh? It would seem I have a copycat. "And you said he claimed to see me escape." "Yeah, he said he saw it in the timelines reflected in his reflecting pool." I think back to when I escaped my imprisonment. I remember a two-tailed fox giving me that tattered cloak. He even told me where in time to go. I think this copycat is trying to break apart time in a similar fashion as I tried to. Calling himself the timekeeper must be a ruse to make himself appear friendly. But if I know anything about this plan of his, I know his next stop will be Soleanna to free Iblis. "Silver, I think you and I have been fooled."