Only important note about this story is that the white emerald is orange. This makes the seven Chaos Emeralds the following colours:

Violet (Purple)

Green

Red

Blue

Light Blue

Yellow

Orange

If you use your brain you'll know why ;)

Seven Deadly Sins

Prologue

The black leaves of the small potted tree on the balcony leaves rustled slightly in the wind, the noise startled the Hedgehog woman who was standing on the balcony and she let out a soft 'ah' in her surprise. She glanced backwards showing a face that was torn by sorrow and hurt. And fear. She turned back around slowly and looked back over the balcony. Many times had she considered jumping off it to end the misery that she had been through, that she was still going through.

Her mind drifted back to when it had all happened.

*A few years previously*

"Come on Meranda! You're the most powerful Hedgehog in the kingdom!" My best friend Fiona shouted to me through my door, her sweet caring motherly voice making it through the wood. I could hear her and a small group of my friends just beyond the doorway all standing with her as I leant sitting against the door just in case the lock didn't hold. Fiona was a grey fox of the age of twenty seven who I had known since childhood. That made it a good twenty years at least, myself being twenty eight. "You've been requested personally by the king himself. You know that turning down a king isn't a good thing to do!" I shifted slightly from the discomfort her words brought me. She was right, turning down a king isn't a good thing to do. "If you don't come out I'm going to get Bill to knock down your door!" I sniggered slightly at this. Bill was our red Echidna friend. He was certainly very strong and sometimes a bit hard headed and gullible, traits that seemed to be genetical in his family, but was extremely docile and never fought unless one of his friends or something important was in danger. Another genetical trait that was probably why their family was charged with looking after the Master Emerald. This time Bills gruff chalky tones came through the door.

"I seriously will Meranda. If you don't go down there God knows what he'd do to you!" Well that stopped my giggling short. I quickly looked around to see if there was anywhere to hide. My home was fairly simple, as were these times. I had a bed, a wardrobe, and a cabinet with a mirror on in this room and two smaller rooms that lead off this one. One a kitchen and one a bathroom. Considering how bare I knew my bathroom and kitchen was the only choice to hide was my wardrobe. But that'd be too obvious. Looked like I'd have to open the door and face the music. "I'm going to start counting down in a few seconds!" I breathed in deeply and sighed. I took my weight off the door and stood up, going slightly dizzy from the sudden change in height. I heard Bill start the countdown as I sighed once again and unbolted the door. The countdown immediately stopped and I heard Fiona 'woop' with joy. I opened the door fully and the bright light of morning hit me full on in my eyes. I quickly threw up my hand to shield them as they adjusted to show me three of my friends. Fiona, Bill and Edward. Edward was a Hedgehog like me who had a tendency to flirt with me and try to get together with me, no matter how many times I said no.

"I don't get what all this fuss is about. It's only the quadrennial ceremony of the Chaos Emeralds." I whined to my friends. They all winced like I had just picked up a knife and thrown it at them.

"Don't talk like that, or you'll make the Gods angry!" Fiona said in a motherly yet harsh tone, she quickly swept me inside of my own house and started sifting through my wardrobe. "Besides it's your birthday!" The statement was true. Those twenty eight years ago I had been born during the Chaos ceremony and now I get reminded of it all the time. Supposedly I'm the 'bringer of destruction' or something according to the 'profits.' I knew I wasn't the only one who was born on that day, why can't they go and pick on one of the other ones? And why did I have to be female? It left me shunned and downtrodden by society. It was lucky I had any friends at all. "Now you know how much of an honour this is really. This is the first year a female had been declared most powerful so you're making history!" She made me wonder if entering that tournament was really worth it. After the old 'most powerful' geezer died about a year ago the king held that tournament. I wouldn't have entered if I had known the 'prize.' If only I didn't enter.

"I really can't be bothered to do this. Do I have to?" I said loudly. Fiona looked at me sympathetically, then turned back to reveal a dress that was a deep blue colour. I knew it would match my fur instinctively, as my fur was a cobalt blue colour, and I sighed in defeat once more. "I'll take that as a yes then." Fiona nodded at me gently, giving me a flash of her sapphire blue eyes. The dress would go nice on her too. She showed the boys out the door, Bill went willingly whereas Edward looked at me disappointedly before leaving. I sighed once again as I swiftly removed the clothes that I had on. A simple shirt and top made out of the usual run of the mill material. The dress I was about to put on however was made of silk, an expensive gift delivered from the king just two days ago. I swiftly put it on, careful not to let the quills scratch the dress and rip it. Once I had put it on Fiona gasped in girly delight, she had always been the girly one and I had always been more tomboyish, I rolled my eyes at her.

"You look beautiful!" She exclaimed in glee, practically bouncing up and down as she pushed me to my mirror, although it was smallish it allowed you to see most of your body if tilted correctly. I glanced in the mirror expecting the worst. To my surprise it wasn't as hideous as I expected. Being a tomboy I had never felt the odd urge to wear a dress or skirt, and when my parents forced me to when I was little I thought it looked truly ugly. Yet here I was, adorning a beautiful blue silk dress. I actually looked quite nice. "It's perfect! The king will be pleased!" I turned around to see my friend smiling her little head off. I rolled my eyes once again.

"I just want to get this over and done with." I exclaimed to my friend. She looked at me sympathetically again, then the smile came back to her face and she shouted the boys in. Both of them stared at me in awe though Bill looked away as soon as I looked at him, Edward just wouldn't stop staring. "Edward my face is up here." He quickly looked up and grinned. No modesty that one. Although looking back down my breasts did look rather large in this dress. Probably because the dress was so tight. Fiona started talking again.

"Okay, we need to leave! Because you were delaying so long we have about five minutes to get there. And it's halfway across the city!" Fiona said running around trying to grab everything that they needed. She shoved a pair of shoes in my hands. They were fairly ordinary looking, but had adamantite soles. I grinned. I knew exactly what these were for as I had them made specifically. "You get there and we'll meet you there. It'll take us at least ten minutes but you should be able to get there in one." I quickly slipped on my shoes.

"See you in a few!" I announced. I ran in the direction of the centre of the city. Tall walls made of stone surrounded me as the city was made into many layers to make it almost impossible to penetrate by regular means. Buildings shot by me as I unleashed the full power of my legs, leaving a sonic boom in my wake. Something unique to my family heir line and only the first born got the gene and passed it on. Luckily I was a twin and both me and my brother inherited the gene for the first time on record, and our family tree was well recorded for hundreds of years.

Suddenly a crowd appeared in front of me and snapped me out of my thoughts. I skidded to a halt as I realised that they were all trying to get to where I was getting. Damn, that means I'll have to find another way in. I looked up at the wall. It was tall, but at my speed not unattainably tall. I quickly ran backwards to get a run up and sprinted up the wall, clearing it and giving me a full bird's eye view of the area before gravity took me. I could see my destination, a large pedestal with the Emeralds all adorned on a small alter, a miniature version of their normal resting place with the Echidnas just outside of the city. The wall ran in a large circle around it and the keep was not too far behind. I knew that the wall didn't run close enough to get there easily so I had to look for another way. Luckily I immediately spotted a long bit of wall that pointed towards the keep, the frail area that allowed soldiers to move between levels of the wall yet weak enough to destroy if that ring of wall is taken. I quickly dashed to it and ran back on it. The runway was a good 50 meters long before it stopped at the middle wall, moving to a new place to connect the rest. I cursed my luck, it was about 100 meters from the inner wall to the pedestal. I started running at full speed, careful to make sure I stayed on target. As I approached the edge of the wall I prepared myself to jump, and to subsequently land. I shot off the side off the wall heading directly to the pedestal, yes, my aim was perfect. Now I just need to hope I got the power right. I started to feel gravity pulling me down and I knew I hadn't quite made the halfway point. All I could do was prey that the wind was on my side. Typically the wind hit my face with even more ferocity than usual at those speeds. I mentally rolled my eyes. Typical.

Suddenly a saw something sticking out the crowd, it was so thin I didn't notice it from afar, it looked about right for me to be able to use to kick off while I go past. I braced my legs as it approached and kicked off as hard as I could. I gained just the perfect amount of speed. I was going to make it! I made a mental note to thank Fiona for telling me to practice my aerobics. I landed perfectly on the pedestal and skidding to a halt, barely missing crashing into the Emerald stand. The crowds cheered, I turned around to smile at them loving my dramatic entrance. I bowed once and then the king spoke. "An excellent entrance. I hope you improve it for next year." I turned around to see him smiling, amused. "I was just starting to worry you were not going to show!"

"Of course I was going to show. Who could turn down a royal invitation?" I replied. I noticed him twitch a little. My lack of formalities bothered him, good. He doesn't seem too bothered though, which mystified me. The king started to move back and went and sat on a throne that was at the edge of the pedestal. I knew what he wanted me to do; I'd seen it oh so many times before. I allowed a small bit of my own Chaos energy to flow out of my body, this in turn caused the Emeralds to start moving and hovering above me. The crowd went silent in anticipation. I had to concentrate fully to be sure nothing went wrong. The Emeralds started to glow above me as I made them circle around me, dancing in and out of each other and bobbing up and down. I had to be sure not to use up too much of the energy, by suppressing it with my own, for fear that if the emeralds are overused in one go they disperse across the globe. I didn't want to be around if that happened. Ironic.

I began shooting off weak bolts of Chaos energy, causing a look akin to what some people might call 'fireworks' I continued this for several minutes when suddenly something caught my eye. It was a small poisonous spider. Normally I would love such things, probably pick him up examine him, maybe run after Fiona with him while she runs in mad panic. But the spider was a distraction, something I couldn't be doing with, I blanked it out. A few seconds later I noticed the spider had gone. Good I thought. Bad.

Suddenly there was a sharp pain in my leg I immediately knew what had happened, but I had no hope in stopping it, as the poison rapidly spread through my body. A poison designed to suppress Chaos powers. Instinctively I grabbed my leg where the pain had been and felt the slight lump under the long skirt of the dress. My worst fears had been realised as I felt all my Chaos energy disappear. I knew it wouldn't return for several minutes, which in normal circumstances would be to allow the spider to escape. I felt space begin to warp above me as I was sucked in, looking to the crowd I could see Fiona's devastated face as everything blurred into one. The pressure of the Chaos power made everything go hazy, before I suddenly past out.

*End of Flashback*

Another noise startled the blue hedgehog, she fully turned this time, looking back to the double doors she knew lead to her room. Upon first glance Meranda looked fat, upon second glance you would realise she was pregnant. The bump was unnaturally large. It looked like it would have taken almost all of her efforts just to carry such a lump. Carefully she placed her hand upon her stomach. "I wonder how many of you there are in there?" She said, half to her belly and, half to herself. "I guess I'll find out soon enough." Meranda glanced once more down the side of the balcony and then walked back to her double doors and opened them. She was greeted by a small daemon. He was red with horns and a tail, your stereotypical daemon.

"The master would like to see you." The daemon announced to her. She nodded in recognition and the daemon exited her room once more. Master they called him, she called him rapist. It was his children she carried. His children his had forced upon her. She quickly slipped on the pink slippers and a red dressing gown. The daemons might not cover up their modesty, but she would. As swift as a nearing labour pregnant woman could go she headed towards the throne room where he kept himself. As she walked she felt a slight crawling on her leg. She recalled instantly keeping the spider after tumbling through the portal, it may have been the reason that she was here, but it was also the reason she stayed sane in the last few months. A little piece of her world. She suddenly stopped walking to find that she was already the double doors leading to the main throne room. Grand doors they were, made of black oak and designed to be as tall as an average two story building, the betrayed fully the magnificence and lordliness of what sat just behind them. She heard his voice boom through the doors, a voice of incredible magnitude and evil.

"Come on in my sweet. It's almost time for the birth." The grand doors suddenly started opening by itself. Meranda walked inside to be greeted by the sight of a great daemon. He stood seven foot tall and bore an evil grin on his face, his eyes were alight with their usual red fiery passion. The horns upon his head looked indestructible and his great wings that look like bats spanned behind him.

"Hello Lucifer." Meranda spoke in a hushed quite voice, like that of a naughty kid. Suddenly she clasped her stomach. She had been feeling cramp like contractions for a while but refused to accept what she knew they were. Suddenly a bunch of female looking daemons swarmed around her with a bed on wheels. This was not going to be fun.

Some hours later

Seven. She had given birth to seven beautiful children. Septuplets they were, and all of them hedgehog. All of them as different from the next as the last. There were four boys and three girls. She was amazed she could carry them all for so long. As each of them opened their eyes to look at the world she saw the colour red, red, red, red, red, red, blue! So one of the children had her eyes. She was pleased, perhaps not all hope had been lost of them growing to be good.

She could feel it; time, time was growing short for her. The strain of carrying seven life forms that were only half of her dimension had caused her body to weaken greatly, the only thing keeping her alive was her very own children. She focuses on the strange power she had developed over the course of staying over in this dimension, the power to converse with non sentient beings. In a strange and mysterious language she whispered into the spiders' mind 'it is time' and the spider immediately scurried out from her fur and headed straight to Lucifer. "You've bore me some excellent children Meranda. I shall see that you are rewarded adequately. Suddenly Lucifer grasped his leg in pain. Meranda knew it was now or never. Suddenly Meranda was once again talking in the strange tongue, except this time she shouted it aloud for all to hear. "No!" Lucifer growled as he tried to fire off a bolt of his Chaos energy. To no avail however as the spiders venom had swiftly sealed his Chaos powers, the venom becoming more potent as the small thing spent time in this world. Meranda finished her incantation, and with a loud shattering noise fell to the ground.

"The gates to exit Hell have been sealed now Lucifer. Not even our children with their half Mobian blood can leave." Meranda looked him clean in the eye, fully triumphant, but she knew her time was coming as her breaths become more laboured. Her arms gave out from her as her life started to fade. Her mind flashed back to all of the times she had shared with Fiona, her long pursuit in Hell before her capture, she felt the small crawling on her body once again. Her body started to dissolve into energy as she disappeared from the dimension known as Hell. Taking her trusty companion Scruffy the Spider with her. Lucifer let off a final roar as the last few remaining particles of energy disappeared from Hell.

I'll get to work on the first chapter soon. It wont be anywhere near as 'dramatic' as this one, that'll come later ;P R&R if you want, it's a great way to motivate any writer to continue. *Hint hint* ;)