A Journey Through Middle-Earth 2

By Fangs of Lightning and The Chuckinator

Chapter 1: The Fourth Age

Fifteen years had passed, and Sonic was raising Shadic in their house in Rohan. Sonic was still a ghost but at least Shadic could see him. Shadic had done everything he could to help the people of Rohan and take care of himself since he'd grown old enough to do so. As much as he loved him, Sonic could only do so much for him. Now, Shadic was stretching and waiting for Sonic to come back from exploring the town.

The ghost floated through the house and saw his son. He smiled and went up to him. "Hey, son. What's up?"

"Is there anything interesting outside the city, Dad?" Shadic asked. "I want to go out and do something like you did while you were alive."

Sonic chuckled. "Yeah, there is. Shadow and I used to go on adventures together."

"Shadow's my other dad, isn't he?" Shadic had a thoughtful look on his face. "I want to do something amazing."

The ghost sighed. "Like what?"

"I don't know. Something like you did. Without the dying part." Shadic scratched the back of his head as he spoke.

Sonic chuckled and nodded. "Yeah...I wish I was still alive. But at least I can still be here as a ghost."

"How'd you die?" Shadic asked. "You never told me."

"I...I caught the Black Shadow. It's a disease from the Ringwraiths, the Nazgul. Shadow and Gandalf tried to save me but...they were too late."

Shadic's eyes widened as Sonic explained to him. "How'd you get it? Were you fighting a Nazgul?"

Sonic hesitated; he didn't want Shadic knowing the truth yet, so he nodded.

"Did he die afterwards?" Shadic hoped the Nazgul had.

"I don't think so; Nazgul can't die. They're immortal."

Shadic pouted and looked at the floor. "Well, he should've."

Sonic's eyes widened and he sighed; how was he going to tell his son that Shadow was the Nazgul?

Sonic's sigh confused Shadic. "Why'd you sigh? What's wrong?"

"It's nothing; I'll tell you later."

Shadic sighed then. His curiosity was piqued now. But when Sonic didn't want to tell him something, he couldn't get him to say it. "You think I can go out on an adventure? Maybe see Rivendell?"

"Sure," Sonic said.

Shadic nodded and smiled. A few minutes later, a knock came from the door. Sonic opened it and saw Gandalf, who looked worried.

"I believe Shadow's beginning to put his plans in motion," Gandalf said.

Sonic's eyes widened and motioned for Shadic to go to his room, who did so. When he was gone, Sonic looked at the wizard.

"What do you mean?" The ghost asked.

"Minions of the Dark Lord have been attacking people lately. Unless they're acting on their own, he's giving them commands."

Sonic sighed. "He probably is. We have to do something; Shadow could easily take over Middle-Earth. Whar are his minions doing exactly?"

"What minions of darkness do. Killing people and attacking cities."

"We have to do something.."

Gandalf nodded. "We need to figure out where Shadow is. That's the quickest way to stop him."

"Most likely he is in Mordor, or at Angband," Sonic said.

"Then that's where we should go."

Sonic nodded. "Shadic, can you come here?" He yelled.

A few minutes later, Shadic came out of his room and looked at them.

"What is it?" Shadic had a hopeful look in his eyes.

"We're going on...an adventure," Sonic told his son. "We need to stop the Dark Lord. You have your imortallity, shapeshifting and Chaos powers, so that will come in handy."

Shadic smiled in happiness. "I get to go on one? Are you coming with me? How hard is it going to be? Will the Dark Lord be defeated this time? What about..." Shadic was cut off before he could ask any more questions.

"Yes to all those questions."

Shadic tried to calm himself down and not make a fool of himself. At the age of seventeen, he knew he shouldn't act like that.

"What do we do first?" he asked, much calmer than the last few.

"First, we go to Rivendell to talk to Elrond," Sonic told him.

"I get to see Rivendell?" Shadic blushed and calmed himself again. "I mean, is he going to help us?"

Gandalf and Sonic nodded. "We should leave now; Rivendell will take five days to get there."

Shadic could barely contain his excitement as he helped them prepare for the trip. He'd been waiting a long time to go on an adventure.

"You're excited, aren't you?" Sonic asked his son.

Shadic beamed and nodded. "More excited than I've been my entire life!"

The ghost smiled. He looked at Gandalf, who nodded, and they went out of the house, ready to go on another adventure.