Sonic first frees Tails when he is in a frozen state. Sonic wakes from his unconsciousness in a white world with a colorless Green Hill Zone and wonders what's going on. Tails is the only one left struggling to resist the Time Eater's vortex, but his grip soon slips and he is pulled in.
Sonic tries to attack the Time Eater but is easily knocked to the ground by a swipe of its arm, and blacks out. In the present day, Tails and the rest of Sonic's friends are having a surprise birthday party for the blue hedgehog, which is quickly ruined when the Time Eater appears again and sucks all of them back into different periods of Sonic's history. Suddenly, the Time Eater appears in the sky and he notices it, as the screen goes white. He then looks around and shrugs, thinking it was nothing. In the past of Green Hill, Classic Sonic is exploring when he hears a noise.
