Rise of the Devourer: Side Note: I started the story with my own characters, with not a lot of reference to the actual Sonic Universe, I've changed around Mephiles a bit and it jumps around a bit I know but please tell me what you think, I plan to do a bit more on it!
"Take my amulet, whenever you are scared…place your hand upon it and remember that I will always be with you…it falls upon you now my son…you have to protect your sister Nick, you have to keep her safe…if she falls into it's hands, the world is doomed…you must do this…you cannot fail…find…Lorzen." Those had been my Mother's dying words to me as I carried my younger sister Dawn from our burning house, we were only young when our village was burned to the ground, I remember running down the deserted streets carrying her and covering her eyes while I ran past the men and women of our village lying motionless on the ground, as I looked around for anyone else I saw a creature, engulfed in a cloak of black shadows its blood red eyes glowing as it set fire to the village, I quickly hid with my sister, as we tried to sneak past it quickly spun around and was instantly in front of me, I quickly put myself between it and Dawn, it screeched so loudly that I had to fight every instinct to slam my hands against my ears, then I heard a voice in my head, so dark and devoid of emotion that it sent shivers down my spine,
"Stand aside child…I have come for her, move and perhaps I will grant you a quick and painless death!" I was terrified, and the creature knew it, my Mother would have known what to do, she was a powerful wizard and he wouldn't have been afraid…I remembered my Mother's amulet, instinctively putting my hand around it and clenching it tightly, remembering my Mother took the fear away, I quickly picked my sister up and ran as fast as my legs would allow, I looked back to find nothing pursuing, when suddenly I felt a searing pain in my head as my whole body froze, the creature reappeared now moving towards my sister as she tried to get away from it, she was panicking as the creature moved closer, pinning her to the ground, its dark voice sounding almost mocking,
"Now child…you are MINE!" the creature began laughing as my Mother's amulet began to glow, the creature hissed, "What sorcery is this?" the amulet suddenly erupted in an explosion of pure light, I regained control of my body and immediately had to shield my eyes from the blast, once the light had gone I ran to Dawn and helped her up, she was still in shock so I picked her up again and began running towards the nearest village, after 4 hours on the road I was exhausted, but kept running, Dawn had fallen asleep in my arms, I could see the city nearby, I kept going as fast as I hours later we were in the city, as we had arrived nearby guards had taken us straight to the castle to speak to the Duke, I stood trying to get my breath back as I described the events that had brought us to the city, the Duke himself listened intently and as I finished he burst into mocking laughter until he looked back at my face,
"You are truly serious? A creature made of shadow destroyed your village? Ha! Next you will tell me it is here!" Almost perfectly on cue a guard ran into the throne room,
"Milord I apologise for the interruption….but something approaches!" the Duke waved us out as he left with the soldiers to investigate, I turned to find Dawn had awoken and was sitting upright, her eyes widened, her voice barely a whisper,
"He's here…..he's still chasing us…" I immediately grabbed her hand and we ran for the city gate, just as we approached our path was blocked by what I assumed to be a man concealed by a hooded robe, his voice was calm, yet seemingly authoritative and I could not help but feel it was familiar.
"You two flee from the shadow creature do you not? The same creature who killed Incanta…or Eleanor as you may know her." Whoever this man was he knew our mother's name, I turned to Dawn and she nodded slowly,
"Y-Yes…how did you…" he cut me off before I could finish what I was saying, I heard him mutter something under his breath as he put his hands on our shoulders, we were instantly no longer in the city, but high up in the mountains in an old watchtower, the ice cold air hit me almost immediately, the man simply moved to a nearby window and looked out, still sounding perfectly calm and seemingly was not phased by any of this,
"Your mother sent you to find Lorzen…yes?" I nodded and he continued, "I am Lorzen and I will endeavour to keep you safe from the creature, for as long as I draw breath…I will protect you." I tried to get my head around everything, Who was this man? How did he know our mother? Why should we trust him? He seemed to sense my distrust and knelt in front of me,
"I know you have no reason to trust me, but I'm here to help…." I looked him in the eye, his eyes were gold, but I saw no skin, just fur…he quickly stood back up, and he quickly turned around only to be flung into the stone wall, I heard the familiar screeching and turned only to be met with the blood red eyes and shadowy form, now starting to take shape, I stood between Dawn and it as Lorzen dragged himself to his feet, he called to it,
"Demon! Begone from this place! You stand in my domain now!" Lorzen held a white emerald in his hand, the creature seemed afraid of it as Lorzen gripped it tightly and leaped into the air,
"Chaos…..Control!" he then disappeared, then reappeared behind the creature, blasting light through it, causing it to shriek, Dawn and I dropped to our knees covering our ears, when the shrieking stopped we stood up my ears were still ringing as Lorzen grabbed us, "We have to leave…." with that we disappeared once again…..
Six Years Later
We had been on the run with Lorzen for six long years, it was my 20th birthday and days after Dawn's 16th we had discovered Lorzen was not…entirely human, he was in fact a 6 foot grey fox, with golden eyes, he wore a simple blue robe with a golden pattern sewn into it, he told us of the creature that chased us it was known as the Shadow of Eternity, Hellshade the Devourer and many other names his most commonly known being Mephiles the Dark. He had trained us in hand to hand combat, as well as a few spells. Mephiles was hot on our tail…and we were running out of places to hide.
Lorzen suddenly appeared, holding a second emerald, his long hooded robes were ripped and I saw blood staining his fur,
"I apologise for taking so long, there were…complications. But I do now have the means to get you two somewhere safe…away from Mephiles…however, it does require me to change your appearance, so you can blend in."Dawn looked at me, she looked unsure I turned back to Lorzen,
"Would Mephiles be able to track us?" Lorzen thought for a moment as he looked around the room, "I can take us high up into the mountains…so that he can't find the portal we'll use. But first…let me make some adjustments…." I nodded and Lorzen focused for a moment before two balls of energy formed in his hands, the energy balls headed towards Dawn and I, upon making contact with me, everything turned to black as I lost consciousness.
